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Epidural Blood Patch

Rhode Island 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?

$1,022

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,022 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$138 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$550 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,981Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $120 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $191

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
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
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$1,022

$191 physician + $832 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.