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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Indiana 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?

$2,028

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$123 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$437 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,129Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $166

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
$109.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$234.42
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
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,028

$166 physician + $1,862 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.