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Imaging Guidance For A Spinal Injection

Montana rates for HCPCS 77003

This service provides the live x-ray guidance used to precisely position a needle for an injection into or near the spinal canal, such as a steroid injection for back or leg pain. The imaging helps confirm the needle is in the correct location before the medication is given. It's billed alongside the injection itself, not as a stand-alone service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Imaging Guidance For A Spinal Injection cost?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $182.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $60 to $550
$100$200$500professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$120

AK $257NM $72.44

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.