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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Alabama 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$295$186 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$457 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,585Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $513
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $295

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
$467.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$331

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.