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Spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in San Francisco, CA costs $620 to $3,662. Here's every hospital's price.

6 hospitals in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). The lowest is $620 at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, the median is $2,436 and the highest is $3,662 at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch. The most expensive hospital lists 5.9 times the cheapest for the same code.

The San Francisco, CA median of $2,436 is 94% above the national median of $1,257 across 471 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $837 to $5,542. 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 April 2026. 32 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.

$620
lowest cash price in San Francisco, CA
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland · 4 mi
$1,816 below the median
$2,436
median cash price
6 hospitals
5.9×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
6/38
hospitals with a cash price
32 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Oakland · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$620
list $2,065 · lowest of 2 lines
2
Washington Hospital

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$1,257
list $1,611 · lowest of 14 lines
3
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley

Pleasanton · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,436
list $6,089 · lowest of 4 lines
4
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

South San Francisco · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,662
list $6,540 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont

Fremont · 22 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,662
list $6,540 · lowest of 2 lines
6
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

Antioch · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$3,662
list $6,540 · lowest of 6 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 San Francisco, CA 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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