How much does lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging) cost in California?
CPT 62323 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for California.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
benchmarks and hospital-published prices — not a guarantee, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.
62323 Lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging)
Ask to pay
$1,385
About 2.0× what Medicare pays — most hospitals accept a self-pay rate in this range.
Typical
$1,418
Medicare $693
Ask $1,385
$51 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $8,754
What Medicare paysⓘ
$693
Typical price near you
$1,418
Cash / self-pay price
$1,722
Prices near you — 90 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield (Bakersfield) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $51cash | 0.1× | — |
| Adventist Health Glendale (Glendale) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $54cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health White Memorial (Los Angeles) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $65cash | 0.1× | — |
| Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) | Hospital | $315cash | 0.5× | — |
| Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage) | Hospital | $449cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) | Hospital | $450negotiated | 0.6× | — |
| Los Angeles General Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $450negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Adventist Health Simi Valley (Simi Valley) | Hospital | $482cash | 0.7× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (La Jolla) | Hospital | $518cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (San Diego) | Hospital | $518cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $518cash | 0.7× | — |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Encinitas) | Hospital | $518cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Scripps Green Hospital (La Jolla) | Hospital | $518cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento) | Hospital | $546cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) | Hospital | $549cash | 0.8× | — |
| Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $568cash | 0.8× | — |
| Dignity Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge) | Hospital | $586cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael) | Hospital | $686cash | 1.0× | — |
| Dignity Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield) | Hospital | $720cash | 1.0× | — |
| Dignity St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard) | Hospital | $738cash | 1.1× | — |
| Highland Hospital – Alameda Health System (Oakland) | Hospital | $779cash | 1.1× | — |
| Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills) | Hospital | $790cash | 1.1× | — |
| Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside) | Hospital | $810cash | 1.2× | — |
| Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego) | Hospital | $868cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino) | Hospital | $880negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach) | Hospital | $880negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Dignity Glendale Memorial Hospital (Glendale) | Hospital | $880negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| UCI Medical Center (Orange) | Hospital | $883cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity Mercy Medical Center Redding (Redding) | Hospital | $951cash | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz) | Hospital | $987cash | 1.4× | — |
| Dignity Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City) | Hospital | $1,016negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (Santa Monica) | Hospital | $1,138negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,138negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Dignity California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $1,235cash | 1.8× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (Murrieta) | Hospital | $1,294cash | 1.9× | — |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (Tarzana) | Hospital | $1,311cash | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| UCI Health – Fountain Valley (Fountain Valley) | Hospital | $1,316negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) | Hospital | $1,316negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Placentia Linda (Placentia) | Hospital | $1,316negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| UCI Health – Lakewood (Lakewood) | Hospital | $1,316negotiated | 1.9× | — |
| Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $1,360cash | 2.0× | — |
| Clovis Community Medical Center (Clovis) | Hospital | $1,360cash | 2.0× | — |
| Providence St. Mary Medical Center (Apple Valley) | Hospital | $1,376cash | 2.0× | — |
| Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance (Torrance) | Hospital | $1,408cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Joseph Hospital (Orange) | Hospital | $1,428cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton) | Hospital | $1,555cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| UC San Diego Health - Hillcrest & Jacobs Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $1,609cash | 2.3× | — |
| John Muir Health Walnut Creek Medical Center (Walnut Creek) | Hospital | $1,722cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| John Muir Health Concord Medical Center (Concord) | Hospital | $1,722cash | 2.5× | — |
| Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia) | Hospital | $1,731cash | 2.5× | — |
| UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $1,736cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $1,763cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| USC Arcadia Hospital (Arcadia) | Hospital | $1,829cash | 2.6× | — |
| Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs) | Hospital | $1,878negotiated | 2.7× | — |
| JFK Memorial Hospital (Indio) | Hospital | $1,920negotiated | 2.8× | — |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (Burbank) | Hospital | $2,113cash | 3.1× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $2,220cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente San Diego Zion Medical Center (San Diego) | Hospital | $2,220cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (Fontana) | Hospital | $2,220cash | 3.2× | — |
| Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda) | Hospital | $2,246cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton) | Hospital | $2,436cash | 3.5× | — |
| Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo) | Hospital | $2,510cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (Pomona) | Hospital | $2,633negotiated | 3.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (Chula Vista) | Hospital | $2,718cash | 3.9× | — |
| Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa) | Hospital | $2,718cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sharp Coronado Hospital (Coronado) | Hospital | $2,718cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside) | Hospital | $2,820negotiated | 4.1× | — |
| Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley) | Hospital | $2,872cash | 4.1× | — |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $2,985cash | 4.3× | — |
| Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa) | Hospital | $3,625cash | 5.2× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (Fresno) | Hospital | $3,662cash | 5.3× | — |
| Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco) | Hospital | $3,662cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (Sacramento) | Hospital | $3,662cash | 5.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose) | Hospital | $3,859negotiated | 5.6× | — |
| Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach) | Hospital | $4,100negotiated | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Stanford Health Care (Stanford) | Hospital | $4,110cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles) | Hospital | $4,291cash | 6.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Medical Center Sacramento (Sacramento) | Hospital | $5,134cash | 7.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Roseville Medical Center (Roseville) | Hospital | $5,134cash | 7.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter Memorial Medical Center (Modesto) | Hospital | $5,134cash | 7.4× | — |
| Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame) | Hospital | $5,452cash | 7.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Sutter CPMC Van Ness Campus (San Francisco) | Hospital | $5,452cash | 7.9× | — |
| Sutter Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley) | Hospital | $5,452cash | 7.9× | — |
| Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland) | Hospital | $5,452cash | 7.9× | — |
| Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (Santa Rosa) | Hospital | $5,452cash | 7.9× | — |
| Los Robles Health System (Thousand Oaks) gross charge | Hospital | $6,767negotiated | 9.8× | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) gross charge | Hospital | $8,174cash | 11.8× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley) gross charge | Hospital | $8,754cash | 12.6× | — |
| MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (Long Beach) gross charge | Hospital | $8,754cash | 12.6× | ★★★★★ |
| MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills) gross charge | Hospital | $8,754cash | 12.6× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 8 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
💬 What to say — negotiation scripts
- For 62323 (Lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging)), Medicare's benchmark rate is $692.52. A fair self-pay target for this line is $1,385.04. If I was charged more than that, please reduce it toward this benchmark.
- Your own published cash / self-pay price for 62323 is $1,722.04, and negotiated rates at nearby facilities run $804.91–$2,900.19. Please apply a rate in that range to my bill rather than the gross charge.
- Please send a fully itemized bill listing every CPT/HCPCS/DRG code and its individual charge, so I can review each line against published rates.
- Separately, what is your financial assistance / charity care policy, and am I eligible? Please send me the application and the income thresholds.
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What should 62323 cost in California?
For lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging) (CPT 62323) in California, a fair self-pay price is around $1,418, with hospitals ranging from $805 to $2,900 across 90 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $693, the floor to negotiate toward. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging) cost in California?
A fair self-pay price for lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging) (CPT 62323) in California is around $1,418, with hospital prices ranging from $805 to $2,900 across 90 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 62323?
Medicare pays about $693 for lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging) (CPT 62323). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of lumbar epidural steroid injection (w/ imaging)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.