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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 October 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $145 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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$145$105 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$347 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,455Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $98 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $145

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
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
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
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.60

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$612

$145 physician + $468 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.