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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Nebraska 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$331$229 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$724 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $331 to $13,490Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $148 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $331

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$398

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.