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Epidural Blood Patch

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$295$200 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$295 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,698Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $155 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $295

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
$112.20
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$987

$295 physician + $692 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.