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Therapeutic Removal Of Spinal Fluid

Kansas 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?

$1,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $155 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$155$110 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$407 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $151 to $7,586Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $87 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $155

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
$218.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$1,814

$155 physician + $1,660 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.