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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Kentucky 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?

$989

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $989 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$138$110 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$257 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,818Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $138

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 51

$989

$138 physician + $851 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.