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Needle Biopsy Of The Spinal Cord

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 62269

A needle is passed through the skin of the back, guided by imaging, to take a small sample of tissue from the spinal cord for laboratory examination. No open incision is made. It is done to identify an abnormality already seen on a scan, such as a growth or an area of inflammation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Of The Spinal Cord cost?

$1,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$275 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$501 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,365Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,074
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $324

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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

$1,642

$324 physician + $1,318 facility

CO $4,737MT $787

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.