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Epidural Blood Patch

Ohio 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?

$710

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$107 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$398 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,715Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $91 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $148

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
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
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
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 43rd of 51

$710

$148 physician + $562 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.