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Facet Joint Injection, Further Lower-Spine Levels

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0218T

Medicine is injected into small joints at the back of the lower spine or sacrum, or onto the nerves supplying them, at a third or further level treated during the same visit. Ultrasound is used to see the structures and steer the needle. It is billed in addition to the earlier injections.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Facet Joint Injection, Further Lower-Spine Levels cost?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$120$95.50 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$91.20 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $69 to $6,607Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $71 to $427
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $117professional $120

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$549.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Alaska· 27th of 51

$120

CA $2,951MS $85.11

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.