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Epidural Blood Patch

West Virginia 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?

$870

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$129 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$617 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $151 to $16,982Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $102 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $162

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
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$870

$162 physician + $708 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.