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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

North Dakota 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$355$269 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$166 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,467Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $155 to $794
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $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
$154.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 23rd of 51

$355

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.