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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 July 2026.

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

$1,340

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,340 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$138$107 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$631 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $162 to $6,457Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $138

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
$501.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 33rd of 49

$1,340

$138 physician + $1,202 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.