$254.37–$269.25
Both cover lumbar or sacral interlaminar injection services. Report 62323 when imaging guidance is used; report 62322 when it is not.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
62322 Epidural injection Medicare reimbursement rates in Maine
Reports a lumbar or sacral interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid injection of a diagnostic or therapeutic substance when imaging guidance is not used. Compare 62322 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Maine.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 62322 in Maine?
Maine has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$136.52–$142.97
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$70.76–$72.13
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Pain management
About 62322: Lumbar interlaminar injection without imaging
Reports a lumbar or sacral interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid injection of a diagnostic or therapeutic substance when imaging guidance is not used.
A physician or other qualified clinician uses an interlaminar approach to deliver a diagnostic or therapeutic substance into the lumbar or sacral epidural or subarachnoid space. Common examples include a lumbar epidural steroid injection for radicular pain or a caudal injection for low back or leg symptoms. The service includes needle placement and may include placement of an indwelling catheter; it is not for injection of a neurolytic substance. Imaging guidance is not used for this code.
Select 62322 for the lumbar or sacral site and an injection service without imaging guidance; document the approach, site, substance, indication, and whether imaging was used. The service has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery for this service, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 62322
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU1.51 · 35%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.70 · 62%
- Malpractice RVU0.15 · 3%
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Medicare services in 2024 · #1160 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
62322 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Maine, from the same CMS release.
$153.18–$160.20
The approach and lack of imaging guidance are similar, but 62320 is for the cervical or thoracic region rather than the lumbar or sacral region.
$144.20–$150.65
62326 describes a lumbar or sacral infusion or intermittent bolus service with imaging guidance; 62322 is an injection service without imaging guidance.
Compare 62322 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Rest Of Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$136.52
Facility
$70.76
Southern Maine →
Office / nonfacility
$142.97
Facility
$72.13
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62322 billing questions
When should I report 62323 instead?
Use 62323 for a lumbar or sacral interlaminar injection when imaging guidance is used. Code 62322 describes the corresponding service without imaging guidance.
Can I separately report needle or catheter placement?
No. Needle placement and placement of an indwelling catheter are included in the injection service.
Does this code cover a continuous epidural infusion?
No. 62322 is for an injection service without imaging guidance, not a continuous infusion or intermittent bolus service. Consider 62326 when the lumbar or sacral service involves that infusion approach with imaging guidance.
What documentation supports 62322?
Record the lumbar or sacral site, interlaminar approach, injected substance, clinical indication, and that imaging guidance was not used.
Can an assistant surgeon or co-surgeon be reported?
Medicare does not pay for an assistant at surgery for 62322. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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6,96962325,,Njx interlaminar crv/thrc,A,,2.15,5.60,,0.68,,0.19,7.94,3.02,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,9,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00