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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 July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy Of The Spinal Cord cost?

$1,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$257$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$759 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,457Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $214 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $257

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
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Indiana 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· 38th of 50

$1,637

$257 physician + $1,380 facility

IN $6,579WV $497

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.