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Blocking A Spinal Blood Vessel Malformation

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 62294

A procedure in which a fine tube is threaded along an artery to an abnormal tangle of blood vessels supplying the spinal cord, and material is injected to seal it off from the inside. Blocking the tangle reduces the risk of bleeding and relieves the strain it puts on the cord's blood supply. It is done through a puncture in a blood vessel rather than by opening the back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blocking A Spinal Blood Vessel Malformation cost?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,479 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$891 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $1,995

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$1,995

AK $3,981TX $178

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.