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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Mississippi 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?

$571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $347 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$224$132 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$347$158 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,047Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $112 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $347professional $224

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
$338.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
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
$53.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$571

$224 physician + $347 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.