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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Arkansas 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?

$843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$151$117 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$275 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,820Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $110 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $151

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
$177.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 35th of 49

$843

$151 physician + $692 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.