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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Louisiana 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?

$1,528

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,528 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$170 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$759 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,467Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $417
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,288professional $240

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
$363.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $1,528 · 36th 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.