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Epidural Blood Patch

Colorado 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$138 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$891 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,129Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $115 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $170

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
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
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
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.60

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$2,461

$170 physician + $2,291 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.