go back

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 July 2026.

How much does Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level cost?

$2,136

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,136 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$186$117 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,000 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,388Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $107 to $427
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,950professional $186

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
$194.98
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52

Where Kentucky 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 feeKentucky $2,136 · 24th 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.