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Epidural Blood Patch

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 62273

This procedure treats a persistent headache caused by a leak of spinal fluid, often following a prior spinal procedure, by injecting a small amount of the patient's own blood into the space around the spinal cord. The blood forms a seal over the leak, which typically relieves the headache.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$2,124

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 73 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$174$132 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$603 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $174 to $6,607Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $107 to $447
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $1,950professional $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
$173.78
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
NJ $4,637MD $273

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.