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Epidural Blood Patch

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$1,468

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,468 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$209$138 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$178 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,631Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $112 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Massachusetts· 28th of 51

$1,468

$209 physician + $1,259 facility

NJ $4,637MD $273

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.