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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

New Hampshire 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?

$1,676

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,676 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$263$182 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,023 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,913Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $138 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $263

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
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$331.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 11.3 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. 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

New Hampshire· 30th of 50

$1,676

$263 physician + $1,413 facility

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.