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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Louisiana 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, 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 $1,288 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 6 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$224 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$603 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,548Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$467.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$363

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.