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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Georgia 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?

$692

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$191$145 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$204 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,388Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $120 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $191

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
$331.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 26th of 51

$692

$191 physician + $501 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.