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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Arizona 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?

$2,378

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$240$138 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,000 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $251 to $5,623Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $117 to $776
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,138professional $240

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,819.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05

Where Arizona 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 feeArizona $2,378 · 19th 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.