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Guided Nerve-Root Injection Near the Spine, Additional Level

North Dakota 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 October 2026.

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

$273

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $273 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $129 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$145$117 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$129$63.10 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $63 to $269Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $89 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $129professional $145

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
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Connecticut than in Delaware. 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 Dakota· 49th of 51

$273

$145 physician + $129 facility

CT $2,806DE $240

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.