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Spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in Pittsburgh, PA costs $516 to $3,595. Here's every hospital's price.

12 hospitals in the Pittsburgh, PA metro area publish a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, 12 hospitals list a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). The lowest is $516 at Heritage Valley Beaver, the median is $1,771 and the highest is $3,595 at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside. The most expensive hospital lists 7.0 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Pittsburgh, PA median of $1,771 is 41% above the national median of $1,257 across 461 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $81 to $5,284. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between February 2026 and April 2026. 16 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$516
lowest cash price in Pittsburgh, PA
Heritage Valley Beaver · 29 mi
$1,255 below the median
$1,771
median cash price
12 hospitals
7.0×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
12/31
hospitals with a cash price
16 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Heritage Valley Beaver

Beaver · 29 mi · File Mar 2026

$516
list $1,912 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Heritage Valley Sewickley

Sewickley · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$516
list $1,912 · lowest of 2 lines
3
Acmh Hospital

Kittanning · 28 mi · File Mar 2026

$581
list $1,937 · lowest of 4 lines
4
UPMC Jameson

New Castle · 45 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,493
list $2,489 · lowest of 2 lines
5
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,583
list $2,638 · lowest of 2 lines
6
UPMC East

Monroeville · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,771
list $2,952 · lowest of 2 lines
7
UPMC St Margaret

Pittsburgh · 2 mi · File Mar 2026

$1,779
list $2,965 · lowest of 2 lines
8
UPMC Mercy

Pittsburgh · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,048
list $3,413 · lowest of 2 lines
9
UPMC Passavant

Pittsburgh · 11 mi · File Mar 2026

$2,088
list $3,480 · lowest of 2 lines
10
Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System

Pittsburgh · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

$3,446
list $5,744 · lowest of 4 lines
11
UPMC Mckeesport Hospital

Mc Keesport · 8 mi · File Mar 2026

$3,565
list $5,941 · lowest of 2 lines
12
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

Pittsburgh · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$3,595
list $5,992 · lowest of 4 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 62323. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 62323, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance

CPT 62323 is an epidural steroid injection in the lower back done under fluoroscopic or CT guidance, the standard technique for sciatica and radiating leg pain from a herniated disc or spinal stenosis. It takes 10 to 20 minutes in a procedure room, often as a series of up to three injections.

What the price covers

The hospital's price is the facility fee for the procedure room, imaging equipment, nursing and supplies. The physician, any sedation and sometimes the medication are billed separately. If a series is planned, multiply the total by the number of injections.

Why prices vary

The same injection lists at wildly different prices: hospital outpatient departments commonly charge several times what ambulatory surgery centers and pain clinics charge. Because the injection is elective and often repeated, it is one of the most worthwhile procedures to shop.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 62323 including imaging, and what does the physician add?
  • How many injections are planned, and is there a series price?
  • Can it be done at a pain clinic or surgery center instead of the hospital?

Hospitals in Pittsburgh, PA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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