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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

North Carolina 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 7 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$380$282 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$269 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,512Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $174 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $380

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
$269.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$645.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$380

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.