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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Colorado 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?

$3,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$112 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $871 to $8,511Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $112 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $141

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$977.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 7th of 49

$3,453

$141 physician + $3,311 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.