Spinal tap cost in San Juan, PR
In San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $150.00 to $600.00, with a median of $375.00. The lowest listed price is at Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan — $225.00 less than the median here. Across Puerto Rico, the median is $150.00 at 3 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 San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan lowest Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Spinal Tap | $150.00 | $150.00 | $14.00–$433.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos | $600.00 | $600.00 | $14.00–$475.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos | $600.00 | $600.00 | $14.00–$433.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $150.00, median $375.00, highest $600.00 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PRSpinal Pundture Lumbar Diag Md | $1.00 | file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan Santurce, PRSpinal Pundture Lumbar Diag Md | $1.00 | file |