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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 October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$214 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$468 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,884Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Virginia. 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· 18th of 51

$372

AK $676VA $204

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.