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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Missouri 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?

$1,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$195$145 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$347 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $174 to $4,677Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $123 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $195

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
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
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.02

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 9th of 51

$1,128

$195 physician + $933 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.