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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$316 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$490 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,802Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $468

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
$426.58
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
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
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$42.66

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$490

AK $661VA $186

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.