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Epidural Blood Patch

Georgia 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?

$753

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$148 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$427 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,548Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $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
$128.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$380.19
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
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$753

$178 physician + $575 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.