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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Kansas 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?

$3,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$158$117 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $191 to $8,128Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $105 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $158

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 10th of 49

$3,321

$158 physician + $3,162 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.