Surgery and procedures CPT 62270 Outpatient

Spinal tap cost in Goldendale, WA

In Goldendale, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $648.00 to $648.00, with a median of $648.00. Across Washington, the median is $847.75 at 43 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Dec 2, 2024 and Dec 2, 2024.

Lowest$648.00Klickitat Valley Hospital
Median$648.00half pay less
Highest$648.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Goldendale, WA.

median
Lowest $648.00Highest $992.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Klickitat Valley Hospital lowest Goldendale, WA · (509) 773-4022 LUMBAR PUNCTURE Anes $648.00 $810.00 — 20% Dec 2, 2024
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Klickitat Valley Hospital lowest Goldendale, WA · (509) 773-4022 LUMBAR PUNCTURE PHYS $648.00 $810.00 — 20% Dec 2, 2024
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Klickitat Valley Hospital Goldendale, WA · (509) 773-4022 LUMBAR PUNCTURE $992.00 $1,240.00 — 20% Dec 2, 2024
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Outpatient: lowest $648.00, median $648.00, highest $648.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $648.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.