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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Arizona 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$295$166 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$363 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,623Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$324

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.