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Therapeutic Removal Of Spinal Fluid

New Jersey 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?

$4,745

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$91.20 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,692 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $195 to $10,471Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $78 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$194.98
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 1st of 51

$4,745

$174 physician + $4,571 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.