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Guided Spine Injection, Neck Or Upper Back, First Level

Wyoming 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?

$1,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$275 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$933 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,202Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $224 to $871
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$794.33
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
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 15th of 51

$1,394

$417 physician + $977 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.