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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Massachusetts 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?

$506

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $506 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$141 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$135 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $112 to $2,570Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $204

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$398.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
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
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$39.81

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$506

$204 physician + $302 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.