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Epidural Blood Patch

Idaho 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?

$800

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$200 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$437 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,089Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $158 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $263

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
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$426.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,513.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
10 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
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 36th of 51

$800

$263 physician + $537 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.