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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Oregon 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 8 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$363$275 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$316 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $200 to $794Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $151 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $363

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
$354.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 6th of 51

$389

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.