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Epidural Blood Patch

Delaware 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?

$317

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $166 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$110 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$166$107 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,162Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $102 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $151

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
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 50th of 51

$317

$151 physician + $166 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.