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Epidural Blood Patch

Arkansas 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?

$839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$178$141 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$363 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,072Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $178

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$363.08
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
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
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.89

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$839

$178 physician + $661 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.