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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

New Jersey 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?

$1,192

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$145$129 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$355 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $229 to $4,898Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $110 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $145

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
$120.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$575.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,148.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$575.44
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
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 51

$1,192

$145 physician + $1,047 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.