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Spinal Injection At The Neck Or Upper Back

California rates for HCPCS 62310

An injection of medication — such as a steroid, a numbing drug, or a pain reliever — into the space just outside the covering of the spinal cord, or into the spinal fluid itself, at the neck or upper back. A single dose is delivered through a needle, which is then removed rather than left in place for continuing infusion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Injection At The Neck Or Upper Back cost?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 6 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$3,020$3,020 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,020 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $12,882Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,020
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $3,020

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11

Where California sits

The same service costs 70.8 times more in California than in Washington. 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.

California· 1st of 38

$4,266

CA $4,266WA $60.26

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.