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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Minnesota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$309 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$138 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,138Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $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
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$36.31

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$468

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.