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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Kansas 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$316$204 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$603 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $302 to $7,586Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $155 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $316

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
$446.68
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 19th of 51

$363

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.