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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Georgia 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$331$186 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$692 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $288 to $7,586Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $155 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $331

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$645.65

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$347

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.