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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Oklahoma 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?

$765

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $765 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$148$135 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$191 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,890Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $148

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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 22nd of 51

$765

$148 physician + $617 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.