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Nerve-Destroying Injection Into the Spinal Canal

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 62280

An injection of a nerve-destroying substance, such as alcohol or phenol, into the spinal canal to interrupt pain signals traveling toward the brain. It is reserved for severe pain, usually from advanced cancer, that has not responded to medicines and other treatments. Relief can last for months, and the patient is positioned during the injection so the substance settles toward the painful area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve-Destroying Injection Into the Spinal Canal cost?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 4 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$288$155 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$501 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,310Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $141 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $288

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
$288.40
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$436.52

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Oklahoma· 16th of 51

$363

CA $1,514KY $251

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.