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Epidural Blood Patch

Utah 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 July 2026.

How much does Epidural Blood Patch cost?

$2,854

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,854 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$224$158 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,072 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,467Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $112 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$302.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in New Jersey than in Maryland. 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$2,854

$224 physician + $2,630 facility

NJ $4,637MD $273

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.