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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

North Carolina 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$537$339 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$324 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,266Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $245 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $537

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
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
6 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
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$537

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.