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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

South 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 July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$275$174 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$257 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $174 to $9,772Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $141 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $417professional $275

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
$173.78
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 35th 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.