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Neck Or Upper-Back Spinal Joint Injection

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0213T

A doctor injects numbing medicine and often a steroid into or near a small paired joint in the neck or upper-to-mid back that connects one spinal bone to the next, using imaging guidance to place the needle accurately. The goal is to reduce pain and inflammation coming from that joint and to help confirm it as the pain source. This version treats a single joint level.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Or Upper-Back Spinal Joint Injection cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$182 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$589 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $182 to $7,943Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $182 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $219

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
$181.97
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$240

CA $3,090MN $132

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.