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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Alaska rates for HCPCS 62290

An injection into one disc in the lower back to help determine whether that disc is a source of back pain. A contrast dye is injected under imaging guidance so its spread and the patient's pain response can be evaluated, helping pinpoint a painful disc before considering further treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 6 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$603$331 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$224 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $166 to $813Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $372professional $603

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
$549.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$490

AK $490KY $269

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.