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Epidural Blood Patch

Mississippi 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?

$687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$162$112 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$302 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,738Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $100 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $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
$109.65
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$687

$162 physician + $525 facility

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.