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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Alaska rates for HCPCS 61055

This procedure inserts a needle near the base of the skull or the top of the neck to reach the fluid-filled space surrounding the spinal cord, followed by an injection that may be a contrast dye to support imaging or a medication given for treatment. It provides an alternative access point when a standard lower-back spinal puncture is not suitable.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection cost?

$684

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $684 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $295 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$389$245 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$295$132 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $117 to $9,772Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $117 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $295professional $389

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 40th of 49

$684

$389 physician + $295 facility

NJ $5,633WV $225

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.