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Epidural Blood Patch

Iowa 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?

$949

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$288$214 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$427 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,802Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $166 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $288

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
$229.09
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
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
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 25th of 51

$949

$288 physician + $661 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.