# CPT 62323

> Medicare paid $273.91 for CPT 62323 in the office (non-facility) setting and $100.84 in a facility under the Q2 2021 Physician Fee Schedule, effective April 2021. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This price has been unchanged since Q1 2021, when it increased 4.1%.

## What it is

The same epidural injection as its neck-and-upper-back sibling, but placed in the lumbar or sacral spine: a needle passes between the vertebrae into the epidural space and delivers steroid, anesthetic, or both around the irritated nerves. It is performed with fluoroscopy or CT so the needle path and medication spread can be confirmed on screen, which is the feature distinguishing it from the unguided version. This is the single-visit injection, not the placement of an indwelling catheter for repeated dosing.

## Selected release

- Release: Q2 2021 (2021 B)
- Effective: April 1 – June 30, 2021
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $273.91
- Facility national allowed amount: $100.84
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 1.80
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 5.88
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.92
- Malpractice RVU: 0.17
- Conversion factor: 34.8931
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q2 2021)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/rvu21b-updated-03022021.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU21_APR.csv, row 11,340
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/62323/2021/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/62323/2021/B
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:10:33+00:00