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Facet Joint Injection, Second Upper-Spine Level

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0214T

Medicine is injected into a small joint at the back of the neck or upper back, or onto the nerves that supply it, at a second level treated during the same visit. Ultrasound is used to see the structures and steer the needle. It is billed in addition to the first injection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Facet Joint Injection, Second Upper-Spine Level cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 56 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$100$83.18 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$912 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $102 to $10,233Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $62 to $204
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $100

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
$107.15
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 36.3 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

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CA $2,951VT $81.28

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.