Spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance in San Jose, CA costs $1,014 to $4,110. Here's every hospital's price.
3 hospitals in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, 3 hospitals list a cash price for spinal injection, lower back, with imaging guidance (CPT 62323). The lowest is $1,014 at El Camino Health, the median is $3,662 and the highest is $4,110 at Stanford Health Care. The most expensive hospital lists 4.1 times the cheapest for the same code.
The San Jose, CA median of $3,662 is 219% above the national median of $1,147 across 1096 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
2 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $97 to $18,025. 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. 5 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlySanta Clara · 33 mi · File Apr 2026
Stanford · 56 mi · File Apr 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 62323. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Jose, CA without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Good Samaritan HospitalNo price file found
- Hazel Hawkins Memorial HospitalNo website on record
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseNo price file found
- Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp at Stanfordcode not in file
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterFile found, not read yet