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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Oregon 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?

$469

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $469 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $234 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$174 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$234$204 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $158 to $5,012Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $126 to $363
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $234professional $234

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
$288.40
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 49

$469

$234 physician + $234 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.