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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

South 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 7 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$339$263 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$240 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,291Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $141 to $724
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $339

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
$158.49
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$831.76

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 20th of 51

$339

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.