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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Ohio 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?

$850

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $850 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$120 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$427 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,548Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $95 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $204

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
$213.80
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
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
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$850

$204 physician + $646 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.