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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Iowa 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?

$2,505

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$214$158 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$741 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $257 to $6,761Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $112 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $214

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 49

$2,505

$214 physician + $2,291 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.