Spinal tap cost in Great Bend, KS
In Great Bend, KS, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $520.80 to $539.75, with a median of $530.28. The lowest listed price is at Clara Barton Hospital — $9.48 less than the median here. Across Kansas, the median is $522.90 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 62270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 20, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Great Bend, KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Barton Hospital lowest Hoisington, KS · (620) 653-2114 Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $520.80 | $744.00 | $429.00–$684.48 | 30% | Sep 26, 2026 source file |
| Great Plains of Ellinwood Ellinwood, KS Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test | $539.75 | $635.00 | $444.50 | 15% | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $520.80, median $530.28, highest $539.75.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $520.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A spinal tap removes a small amount of spinal fluid from the lower back with a needle. It is used for meningitis, bleeding and some neurological diseases.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the procedure. The lab tests on the fluid are billed separately.