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Epidural Blood Patch

North Dakota 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?

$408

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $408 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $174 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$234$166 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$174$138 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,995Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $110 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $234

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
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 49th of 51

$408

$234 physician + $174 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.