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Epidural Blood Patch

Montana 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?

$427

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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$182$162 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$178 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $174 to $617Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $112 to $282
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$427

$182 physician + $245 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.