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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

New Hampshire 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$355$234 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$631 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $174 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$102.33

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 18th of 51

$363

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.