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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 July 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$4,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$170$117 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,162 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $100 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $170

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
$295.12
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$537.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 1st of 51

$4,637

$170 physician + $4,467 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.