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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Nebraska 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?

$4,001

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,001 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$200$132 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,778 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $437 to $13,490Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $107 to $617
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $200

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 49

$4,001

$200 physician + $3,802 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.