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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Colorado 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?

$2,833

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,833 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$138 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$427 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,888Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $126 to $457
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,570professional $263

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
$245.47
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $2,833 · 14th 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.