Spinal tap cost in Virginia Beach, VA
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 12 hospitals list a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $657.63 to $1,485.00, with a median of $1,339.34. The lowest listed price is at Riverside Smithfield Hospital — $681.71 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $859.25 at 51 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,339.34, is 56% above the US median of $859.25.
- That is 1.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 8 cities for code 62270, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 16, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 11, 2026 and Jul 1, 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Smithfield Hospital lowest Smithfield, VA Spinal Puncture Lumbar Dx File of Mar 11, 2026 · source file | $657.63 | $1,315.25 | — | 50% |
| Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake, VA · (757) 312-8121 Hc Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos+1 more line at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $851.29 | $1,418.81 | — | 40% |
| Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk, VA · (757) 673-5917 HC Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,098.00 | $1,830.00 | — | 40% |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA · (757) 886-6000 HC Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,098.00 | $1,830.00 | — | 40% |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnos File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,098.00 | $1,830.00 | — | 40% |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VA · (757) 668-9647 LUMBR PNCTR-DIAG/NO GUID File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $1,193.68 | $1,326.31 | $305.05–$1,259.99 | 10% |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Spinal Puncture, Lumbar, Diagnostic File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,410.60 | $2,351.00 | — | 40% |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 62270 Lumbar Sp Puncture-Dx+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Lumbar Puncture-Neonate+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Lumbar Puncture-Neonate+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Lumbar Puncture-Neonate+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Lumbar Puncture-Neonate+4 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,485.00 | $2,970.00 | — | 50% |
Outpatient: lowest $657.63, median $1,339.34, highest $1,485.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $1,485.00. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 spinal tap is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Spinal tap explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 62270 ($838.20). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VASPINAL PNCTR,LMBR,DGN | $81.97 | file |