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Therapeutic Removal Of Spinal Fluid

Alabama rates for HCPCS 62272

This procedure uses a needle placed into the fluid-filled space around the spinal cord to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid for treatment purposes, such as relieving pressure. It differs from a diagnostic spinal tap in that its main purpose is to remove fluid as a treatment, rather than simply to collect a sample for testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Therapeutic Removal Of Spinal Fluid cost?

$1,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$162$89.13 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$776 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,399Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $76 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $162

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
$281.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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

Alabama· 30th of 51

$1,421

$162 physician + $1,259 facility

NJ $4,745ND $377

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.