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Diagnostic Disc Injection, Neck Or Upper Back

Vermont 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $380.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $182 to $468
$200$500professional $355

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$933.25
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 14th of 51

$355

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.