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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Kentucky 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?

$1,213

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,213 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$141$117 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$195 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,818Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $102 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $141

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
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
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
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 7th of 51

$1,213

$141 physician + $1,072 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.