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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Michigan 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?

$668

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $668 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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$155$138 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$339 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,047Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $91 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $155

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
$147.91
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
10 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
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 51

$668

$155 physician + $513 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.