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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Florida 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?

$3,234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$135 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,000Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $115 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $214

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
$645.65
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,918.31
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$446.68
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. 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

Florida· 11th of 50

$3,234

$214 physician + $3,020 facility

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.