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Anesthesia For Upper Spine Needle Procedure

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 01937

The anesthesia care given for a needle procedure on the neck or upper back portion of the spine that is guided by X-ray or scan pictures, such as injecting, draining or drawing off fluid near the spine or spinal cord. The anesthesia team keeps the patient still and comfortable, monitors breathing and circulation, and manages sedation or general anesthesia throughout. The doctor performing the spine procedure itself charges separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia For Upper Spine Needle Procedure cost?

$54.95

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $214.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $45 to $389
$50$100$200$500facility $55

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QK · Directing 2–4 cases
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QX · CRNA, directed
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QY · Directing one CRNA
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QZ · CRNA, independent
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 109.6 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 38th of 49

$54.95

AK $3,311DC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.