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Epidural Blood Patch

Missouri 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?

$1,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$129 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$513 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,266Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $182

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
$125.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
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
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 14th of 51

$1,357

$182 physician + $1,175 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.