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Epidural Blood Patch

New Jersey 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?

$1,532

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$151$112 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$692 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,079Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $74 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $151

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
$114.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,630.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
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
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.78

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 9th of 51

$1,532

$151 physician + $1,380 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.