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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$275 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$186 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,818Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $269professional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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· 11th of 51

$447

AK $676VA $204

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.