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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 October 2026.

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

$1,834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$575$363 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,047 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,677Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$794.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in New York than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 7th of 51

$1,834

$575 physician + $1,259 facility

NY $2,775MT $606

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.