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Epidural Blood Patch

Michigan 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?

$878

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $878 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$170$141 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$427 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,239Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $98 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $170

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
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
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
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.88

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$878

$170 physician + $708 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.