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Epidural Blood Patch

Oregon 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?

$571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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$240$186 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$275 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,692Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $240

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
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
10 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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$47.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$35.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.99

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 48th of 51

$571

$240 physician + $331 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.