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Therapeutic Removal Of Spinal Fluid

Louisiana 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?

$1,349

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$117 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$490 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,467Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $83 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $174

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
$213.80
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$1,349

$174 physician + $1,175 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.