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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Nebraska 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 6 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$302$219 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$575 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $302 to $13,490Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $138 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $302

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$794.33

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$380

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.