go back

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 October 2026.

How much does Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection cost?

$908

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $908 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$132$115 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$200 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $117 to $3,802Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $112 to $214
$10$100$1Kfacility $776professional $132

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
$117.49
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
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
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 14th of 51

$908

$132 physician + $776 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.