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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 October 2026.

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

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$251 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$170 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $240professional $427

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
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
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$407

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.