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Continuous Spinal Injection, Upper Spine

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 62318

Placement of a thin tube into the space around the spinal cord in the upper part of the spine so numbing or pain medicine can be given continuously or in repeated doses, rather than as a single shot. It is used when pain relief needs to be maintained over a period rather than delivered all at once.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Continuous Spinal Injection, Upper Spine cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 3 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$398$263 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$631 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,738Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $209 to $891
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $398

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 38

$490

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.