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Epidural Blood Patch

Nevada 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?

$1,747

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,747 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$162$112 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$575 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,981Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $107 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $162

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
$165.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 51

$1,747

$162 physician + $1,585 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.