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Guided Nerve-Root Injection Near the Spine, Additional Level

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 64480

This procedure delivers medication, such as a numbing agent and/or steroid, next to a nerve root as it exits the spine in the neck or upper back, using imaging guidance to confirm accurate placement. It applies to an additional spinal level treated beyond the first one addressed in the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Guided Nerve-Root Injection Near the Spine, Additional Level cost?

$322

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $191 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$85.11 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$191$115 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,248Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $60 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $191professional $132

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
$100.00
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$218.78
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 41.5 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$322

$132 physician + $191 facility

NJ $4,912MD $118

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.