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Needle drainage of a spinal cord cyst

CPT 62268the billing code this page is about

Fluid is withdrawn through the skin with a needle from a cyst or fluid-filled cavity within the spinal cord.

Hospitals typically charge $1,153 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 802 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,268. Most fall between $653 and $2,291 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
802
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 802 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$506$777$1,153$1,950$3,724

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($506 vs $3,724).

How the prices are spread

$374 – $483: 33 hospitals$374$483 – $624: 64 hospitals$624 – $806: 71 hospitals$624$806 – $1,041: 121 hospitals$1,041 – $1,344: 141 hospitals$1,041$1,344 – $1,735: 95 hospitals$1,735 – $2,240: 72 hospitals$1,735$2,240 – $2,893: 56 hospitals$2,893 – $3,735: 29 hospitals$2,893$3,735 – $4,823: 41 hospitals$3,735median $1,153price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (723 of 802 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$374$48333
$483$62464
$624$80671
$806$1,041121
$1,041$1,344141
$1,344$1,73595
$1,735$2,24072
$2,240$2,89356
$2,893$3,73529
$3,735$4,82341

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$904
Median cash price$1,153
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.28×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,153.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,432 across 22 hospitalsWA$1,432Idaho: median $1,904 across 11 hospitalsID$1,904Montana: median $393 across 10 hospitalsMT$393North Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $992 across 27 hospitalsMN$992Illinois: median $1,635 across 34 hospitalsIL$1,635Wisconsin: median $1,747 across 21 hospitalsWI$1,747Michigan: median $788 across 33 hospitalsMI$788New York: median $1,054 across 36 hospitalsNY$1,054Massachusetts: median $1,689 across 12 hospitalsMA$1,689Oregon: median $846 across 12 hospitalsOR$846Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $653 across 19 hospitalsIA$653Indiana: median $653 across 27 hospitalsIN$653Ohio: median $1,436 across 40 hospitalsOH$1,436Pennsylvania: median $1,678 across 32 hospitalsPA$1,678New Jersey: median $3,318 across 29 hospitalsNJ$3,318Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,047 across 71 hospitalsCA$3,047Utah: median $1,056 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,056Colorado: median $1,853 across 22 hospitalsCO$1,853Nebraska: median $1,052 across 10 hospitalsNE$1,052Missouri: median $1,133 across 18 hospitalsMO$1,133Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,017 across 18 hospitalsWV$1,017Virginia: median $818 across 18 hospitalsVA$818Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,192 across 11 hospitalsAZ$2,192New Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $1,447 across 17 hospitalsSC$1,447Oklahoma: median $538 across 20 hospitalsOK$538Louisiana: median $444 across 20 hospitalsLA$444Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $5,816 across 15 hospitalsGA$5,816Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,125 across 43 hospitalsTX$1,125Florida: median $1,230 across 45 hospitalsFL$1,230
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,153. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA15$5,816+405%$196 – $5,816
New Jersey NJ29$3,318+188%$986 – $5,339
California CA71$3,047+164%$1,711 – $4,323
Arizona AZ11$2,192+90%$1,085 – $2,192
Idaho ID11$1,904+65%$1,056 – $2,430
Colorado CO22$1,853+61%$948 – $4,818
Wisconsin WI21$1,747+52%$1,238 – $1,747
Massachusetts MA12$1,689+47%$1,003 – $1,950
Pennsylvania PA32$1,678+46%$904 – $2,619
Illinois IL34$1,635+42%$467 – $1,870
South Carolina SC17$1,447+26%$1,368 – $1,447
Ohio OH40$1,436+25%$905 – $7,210
Washington WA22$1,432+24%$1,122 – $2,120
Florida FL45$1,230+7%$875 – $2,402
Missouri MO18$1,133−2%$775 – $1,291
Texas TX43$1,125−2%$1,026 – $1,165
Utah UT23$1,056−8%$1,056 – $1,173
New York NY36$1,054−9%$624 – $1,620
Nebraska NE10$1,052−9%$972 – $1,271
West Virginia WV18$1,017−12%$855 – $1,181
Minnesota MN27$992−14%$808 – $1,145
Oregon OR12$846−27%$610 – $846
Virginia VA18$818−29%$777 – $886
Michigan MI33$788−32%$556 – $3,015
Indiana IN27$653−43%$483 – $1,322
Iowa IA19$653−43%$653 – $1,248
Oklahoma OK20$538−53%$538 – $743
Louisiana LA20$444−61%$348 – $826
Montana MT10$393−66%$393 – $851
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,153.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care688$1,173$684 – $2,295
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access92$855$584 – $1,747
Ownership
For-profit69$1,276$813 – $2,430
Government99$894$528 – $1,454
Non-profit630$1,173$695 – $2,351
System affiliation
Part of a system689$1,165$688 – $2,295
Independent113$998$547 – $1,904

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,187
Median cash price$1,153
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

568 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,267 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,362; most fall between $653 and $2,430.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 568 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$513$796$1,267$2,120$4,323

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($513 vs $4,323).

Of the 613 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 568 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

802 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 855 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted802
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code855

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR or closed therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Percut Drain Spinal Cord Cyst.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Needle drainage of a spinal cord cyst (CPT 62268) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-62268-needle-drainage-of-a-spinal-cord-cyst