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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Montana 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 6 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$295$204 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$269 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $245 to $676Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $794
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $417professional $295

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 34th of 51

$331

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.