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Anesthesia For Spine Diagnostic Needle Procedure

California rates for HCPCS 01935

Anesthesia care during a needle procedure on the spine or spinal cord that is guided by imaging and carried out to find out what is wrong rather than to treat it. The anesthesia clinician keeps the patient still and comfortable and monitors them throughout, while the doctor performing the procedure charges for that work separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia For Spine Diagnostic Needle Procedure cost?

$1,072

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $1,072.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $95 to $95Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $95professional $1,072

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15

Where California sits

The same service costs 56.2 times more in South Dakota than in Florida. 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.

California· 12th of 32

$1,072

SD $1,288FL $22.91

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.