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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Montana 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 5 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$288$191 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$245 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $224 to $575Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $126 to $759
$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 36th of 51

$302

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.