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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Massachusetts 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 8 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$339$186 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$204 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,388Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $151 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $339

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
$371.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$347

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.