Surgery and procedures CPT 62270 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Spinal tap cost in Houma, LA — inpatient

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic as an inpatient: from $282.92 to $346.86, with a median of $314.89. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner St Anne General Hospital — $31.97 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $432.27 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 62270, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$282.92Ochsner St Anne General Hospital

Median$314.89half of hospitals charge less

Highest$346.86in this market

Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

median

Lowest $282.92Highest $346.86

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital lowest Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 PR SPINAL PUNCTURE,LUMBAR,DIAGNOSTIC+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$282.92	$643.00	—	56%
Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 HC SPINAL PUNCTURE, LUMBAR, DX File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$346.86	$738.00	—	53%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $282.92, median $314.89, highest $346.86 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $346.86 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.