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Spinal Contrast Injection for Myelogram

Alabama rates for HCPCS 62284

This procedure involves injecting contrast dye into the fluid-filled space around the spinal cord so that the spine can be imaged with X-ray or CT afterward. The injection itself is a separate step from the imaging that follows, and it helps highlight the spinal canal, nerve roots, and any areas of compression.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Contrast Injection for Myelogram cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$162$97.72 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$468 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,622Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $79 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $162

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$186

AK $263HI $158

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.