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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Florida 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 October 2026.

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

$773

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$112$89.13 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$331 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,388Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $79 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 8.9 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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

Florida· 21st of 51

$773

$112 physician + $661 facility

NY $2,750MD $308

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.