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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 July 2026.

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

$3,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$123$110 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,445 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,715Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $105 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $123

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
$645.65
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$645.65
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03

Where Florida 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

Florida· 12th of 49

$3,007

$123 physician + $2,884 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.