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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

New Mexico 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?

$954

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $954 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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$229$151 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$275 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,715Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $589
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $724professional $229

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
$181.97
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Mexico 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 feeNew Mexico $954 · 43rd 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.