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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Louisiana 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?

$1,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$182$138 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$513 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,467Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $182

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
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 49

$1,357

$182 physician + $1,175 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.