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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

New Mexico 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $372 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$295$186 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$224 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $162 to $933Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $138 to $617
$100$1K$10Kfacility $372professional $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
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 41st of 51

$316

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.