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Epidural Blood Patch

New Mexico 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?

$987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$174$132 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$468 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,089Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $100 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $174

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
$109.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
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
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$22.39

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 23rd of 51

$987

$174 physician + $813 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.