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Neck Or Upper-Back Spinal Joint Injection

South Carolina 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 5 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$195$186 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$240 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $186 to $21,878Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $126 to $263
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $195

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
$186.21
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$195

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.