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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 July 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$1,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$135 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$447 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,020Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $295
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,445professional $162

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
$158.49
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMichigan $1,608 · 25th of 51
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.