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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Idaho 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 9 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$355$224 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$295 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,884Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $170 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $355

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 24th of 51

$355

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.