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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Alaska rates for HCPCS 64479

Numbing medicine and/or an anti-inflammatory steroid is injected near a nerve root as it exits the spine in the neck or upper back, using real-time imaging to guide the needle precisely. This covers treatment of the first spinal level; treating additional levels in the same visit is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level cost?

$970

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $970 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$245 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$316 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,090Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,202
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $562professional $407

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
$758.58
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $970 · 42nd of 50
CT $4,828MD $429

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.