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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Nevada 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?

$1,816

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,816 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$117$115 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,514 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $117 to $4,467Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $100 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 49

$1,816

$117 physician + $1,698 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.