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Epidural Blood Patch

Maryland 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?

$530

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $530 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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$132$112 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$331 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,047Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $100 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $398professional $132

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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
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
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$530

$132 physician + $398 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.