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Diagnostic Dye Injection Into A Lower Back Disc

Tennessee 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$363$224 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$155 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,570Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $166 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $363

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
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
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$363

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.