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Epidural Blood Patch

Florida 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?

$870

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$97.72 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$407 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,890Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $79 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $129

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
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
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
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22

Where Florida 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

Florida· 32nd of 51

$870

$129 physician + $741 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.