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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Maine 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?

$240

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $339.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Maine· 46th of 51

$240

HI $1,023KY $219

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.