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Injection To Dissolve A Lower Back Disc Center

Indiana rates for HCPCS 62292

A needle is guided into one or more discs in the lower back and a medicine is injected that dissolves part of the soft center of the disc, easing the bulge pressing on nearby nerves. Contrast dye is injected through the same needle and imaged first to confirm the position and outline the disc. Treating one disc or several is covered by the same charge.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Injection To Dissolve A Lower Back Disc Center cost?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$603$537 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,898 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,471Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $603

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 8.9 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.

Indiana· 36th of 51

$724

CA $4,898KY $550

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.