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Facet Joint Injection, Neck/Upper Back, Extra Level

Connecticut 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?

$2,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $100 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$100$83.18 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$759 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,754Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $66 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $100

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
$912.01
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$275.42
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
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$2,050

$100 physician + $1,950 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.