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Epidural Blood Patch

Illinois 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?

$987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$174$129 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$537 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,512Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $110 to $288
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $174

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
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
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
$52.48
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 24th of 51

$987

$174 physician + $813 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.