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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$295$170 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$741 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,890Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $145 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $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
$316.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 16th 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.