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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 July 2026.

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

$2,659

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,659 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$129 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,202 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,244Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $112 to $427
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455professional $204

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
$251.19
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$426.58
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87

Where Ohio 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 feeOhio $2,659 · 16th 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.