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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 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$195 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$224 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,388Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $158 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $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
$363.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$537.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th 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.