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Epidural Blood Patch

Tennessee 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?

$1,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$178$145 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$490 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $380 to $2,138Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $178

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
$158.49
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
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
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.39

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 19th of 51

$1,029

$178 physician + $851 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.