Spinal tap cost in Lexington, NE
In Lexington, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $599.00 to $821.00, with a median of $710.00. The lowest listed price is at Cozad Community Hospital — $111.00 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $383.50 at 36 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lexington, NE.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozad Community Hospital lowest Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Diag Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $599.00 | $666.00 | $373.00–$666.00 | 10% | — source file |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Spinal Fluid Tap, Diag | $785.00 | $872.00 | $488.00–$872.00 | 10% | — source file |
| Gothenburg Health Gothenburg, NE · (308) 537-3661 62270 Anesth Spinal Puncture, Lumbar, Diagnostic | $821.00 | $912.00 | $52.00–$876.00 | 10% | — source file |
| Gothenburg Health Gothenburg, NE · (308) 537-3661 62270 Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnostic | $851.00 | $946.00 | $581.00–$908.00 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $599.00, median $710.00, highest $821.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 62270 ($834.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NEDiagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $80.00 | file |