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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Georgia 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?

$2,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$257$158 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,202 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,623Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $129 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $257

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
$229.09
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 15th of 50

$2,769

$257 physician + $2,512 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.