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Facet Joint Injection, Neck/Upper Back, Extra Level

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 64491

A provider injects numbing medication, and often a steroid, into or near a small joint that connects two vertebrae in the neck or upper back, using imaging guidance to place the needle precisely. This injection targets an additional spinal level beyond the first one treated in the same visit. It's used to help diagnose or relieve pain believed to be coming from these joints.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Facet Joint Injection, Neck/Upper Back, Extra Level cost?

$336

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $336 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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$112$89.13 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$100 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,122Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $71 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $112

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
$75.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in Hawaii 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$336

$112 physician + $224 facility

HI $2,939DE $205

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.