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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Alabama 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?

$958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$123 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$603 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,585Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $182

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 49

$958

$182 physician + $776 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.