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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Virginia 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?

$1,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$132 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$339 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,365Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $120 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $158

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
$177.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
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
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 26th of 51

$1,113

$158 physician + $955 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.