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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Arizona 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?

$2,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$115 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,623Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $105 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $135

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 49

$2,479

$135 physician + $2,344 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.