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Epidural Blood Patch

Alaska 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 October 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$1,434

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$457$295 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$813 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $155 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in New York than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 10th of 51

$1,434

$457 physician + $977 facility

NY $2,712MT $427

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.