search again

Needle Drainage Of A Spinal Cord Fluid Cavity

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 62268

This service uses a needle passed through the skin to drain fluid from a fluid-filled cavity within the spinal cord, sometimes called a syrinx or spinal cord cyst. It is performed to relieve pressure on the spinal cord caused by the buildup of fluid. Imaging guidance is typically used to place the needle accurately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Drainage Of A Spinal Cord Fluid Cavity cost?

$3,109

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,109 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 65 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$263 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,318Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $234 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $355

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
$489.78
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 11.8 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

Touch or drag across the chart to see any state's rate.

NJ $5,791WV $491

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.