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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Tennessee 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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$302$182 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$468 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,236Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $145 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $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
$467.74
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$324

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.