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Epidural Blood Patch

South Dakota 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?

$716

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $716 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$209 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$240 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $158 to $759Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $148 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $269

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
$114.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
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
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 51

$716

$269 physician + $447 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.