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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Nebraska 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?

$3,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$219 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,318 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $275 to $13,490Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,072
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818professional $316

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69

Where Nebraska 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 feeNebraska $3,135 · 12th 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.