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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 62291

This procedure involves injecting contrast dye into a spinal disc in the neck or upper back to help identify whether that disc is a source of pain. It is a diagnostic injection used to guide contrast into the disc before or during imaging, rather than a treatment on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 4 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$282$162 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$389 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,820Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $135 to $468
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $282

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
$208.93
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in California 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.

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$288

CA $479KY $245

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.