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Epidural Blood Patch

Nebraska 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?

$901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$155 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$550 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,802Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $107 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $209

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
$229.09
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$426.58
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
$53.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 27th of 51

$901

$209 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.