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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Utah 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$324$219 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$437 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,571Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $145 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $324

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
$234.42
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$562.34
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 23rd of 51

$331

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.