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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 October 2026.

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

$1,040

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$245$178 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$603 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,802Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $126 to $661
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $245

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
$263.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 30th of 51

$1,040

$245 physician + $794 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.