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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

North Dakota 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $331 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$331$245 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$158 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,995Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $145 to $724
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $331

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
$141.25
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 21st of 51

$331

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.