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Epidural Blood Patch

Alabama 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?

$1,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$158$110 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$427 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,950Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $98 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $158

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
$158.49
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Alabama· 34th of 51

$1,255

$158 physician + $1,096 facility

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.