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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Rhode Island 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?

$229

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $158 to $324.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $115 to $380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Hawaii than in Kentucky. 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.

Rhode Island· 50th of 51

$229

HI $1,023KY $219

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.