Spinal tap cost in New York
In New York, 63 hospitals publish a cash price for spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic: from $106.14 to $3,330.00, with a median of $819.50. The lowest price is at Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital (Dansville). The highest price is 31.4× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 62270. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$106.14Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital
Median$819.50half pay less
Highest$3,330.00in New York
Lowest saves$713.36vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital lowest Dansville · Rochester, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $106.14 | $178.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnostic (Pro) | $114.00 | — | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Puncture Spinal Lumbar Diagnostic | $138.00 | $138.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY PR Puncture Spinal Lumbar Diagnostic | $138.00 | $138.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Puncture Spinal Lumbar Diagnostic | $138.00 | $138.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnostic (Pro) | $174.00 | — | — source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DIAGNOSTIC | $195.00 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $219.00 | $219.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $222.60 | $1,113.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $224.00 | $224.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $224.00 | $224.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture | $224.00 | $224.00 | — source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $227.64 | $381.75 | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY SPINAL PUNC LUMBAR DX | $261.60 | $436.00 | — source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $271.87 | $1,359.34 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $271.87 | $1,359.34 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $271.87 | $1,359.34 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $287.49 | $1,437.45 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $288.93 | $412.76 | — source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $325.00 | $325.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY HC Fac Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $334.58 | $418.22 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY HC Fac Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $334.58 | $418.22 | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $404.60 | $578.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $415.00 | $830.00 | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC SPINAL PUNCTURE DIAGNOSTIC | $648.41 | $997.55 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES | $700.00 | $700.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Diagnostic Lumbar Spinal Puncture|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES | $700.00 | $700.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $721.17 | $172.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $721.17 | $179.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $721.17 | $169.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC 62270 SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR DIAGNOSTIC | $745.24 | $1,146.53 | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPINAL PUNCTURE, LUMBAR, DIAGNOSTIC | $819.50 | $2,320.41 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPINAL PUNCTURE, LUMBAR, DIAGNOSTIC | $819.50 | $2,106.03 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPINAL PUNCTURE, LUMBAR, DIAGNOSTIC | $819.50 | $2,106.03 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Dx lmbr spi pnxr | $837.87 | — | — source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR_ DX | $852.20 | $1,311.08 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR DIAGNOSIS | $852.20 | $1,311.08 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR_ DX | $914.90 | $1,143.63 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC SPINAL FLUID TAP DIAGNOSTIC | $1,105.84 | $1,701.30 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 62270 SPINAL PUNCTURE LUMBAR DIAGNOSTIC_01 | $1,185.00 | $1,185.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPI PNXR LMBR DX | $1,194.47 | $6,286.68 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPI PNXR LMBR DX | $1,194.47 | $6,286.68 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPI PNXR LMBR DX | $1,194.47 | $6,286.68 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SPI PNXR LMBR DX | $1,194.47 | $6,286.68 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $1,223.15 | $1,439.00 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC 62270 SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR DIAGNOSTIC | $1,304.82 | $2,007.42 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID WITH LOWER BACK SPINAL TAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST | $1,363.36 | $1,363.36 | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC SPINAL PUNCTURE_ LUMBAR_ DX | $1,539.02 | $2,367.72 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $1,599.00 | $1,599.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID WITH LOWER BACK SPINAL TAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST | $1,599.00 | $1,599.00 | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC PUNC SPINAL LUMBAR DX | $1,620.84 | $2,078.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diag Nm | $1,711.41 | $1,711.41 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY PR DIAGNOSTIC LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $1,990.00 | $1,990.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID WITH LOWER BACK SPINAL TAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST | $2,072.00 | $2,072.00 | — source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DX LMBR SPI PNXR | $2,181.48 | $2,181.48 | — source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MINOR SURGERY-LUMBAR PUNCTURE | $2,638.81 | $2,932.01 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY LUMBAR SPINAL PUNCTURE | $2,717.00 | $2,808.16 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ REMOVAL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID WITH LOWER BACK SPINAL TAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TEST | $2,723.19 | $2,723.19 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Spi Pnxr Lmbr Dx - 62270 | $3,330.00 | $3,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Spinal Puncture,Lumbar,Diagnostic | $3,330.00 | $3,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Spi Pnxr Lmbr Dx - 62270 | $3,330.00 | $3,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Spinal Puncture Lumbar Diagnostic | $3,330.00 | $3,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Spi Pnxr Lmbr Dx - 62270 | $3,330.00 | $3,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $195.00 | $1,194.47 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $106.14 | $743.14 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $224.00 | $256.46 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $227.64 | $271.87 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $745.24 | $1,304.82 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $138.00 | $138.00 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $271.87 | $271.87 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $261.60 | $941.22 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $138.00 | $661.50 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $1,105.84 | $1,105.84 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $334.58 | $334.58 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $219.00 | $219.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $222.60 | $222.60 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $325.00 | $325.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $287.49 | $287.49 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $1,990.00 | $1,990.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 |
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.
Spinal tap (lumbar puncture), diagnostic in other states
- Alabama$1,721.50
- Alaska$1,437.54
- Arizona$488.15
- Arkansas$526.18
- California$1,320.80
- Colorado$491.58
- Connecticut$420.00
- Delaware$1,149.53
- Florida$1,597.40
- Georgia$2,049.06
- Hawaii$921.60
- Idaho$1,886.00
- Illinois$752.00
- Indiana$1,087.63
- Iowa$342.40
- Kansas$1,160.49
- Kentucky$769.21
- Louisiana$494.48
- Maine$369.70
- Maryland$511.30
- Massachusetts$1,047.90
- Michigan$707.85
- Minnesota$698.55
- Mississippi$271.01
- Missouri$340.57
- Montana$253.60
- Nebraska$343.14
- Nevada$785.35
- New Hampshire$495.55
- New Jersey$824.78
- New Mexico$500.01
- North Carolina$843.88
- North Dakota$890.99
- Ohio$1,038.60
- Oklahoma$507.55
- Oregon$562.50
- Pennsylvania$1,439.83
- Rhode Island$592.80
- South Carolina$719.00
- South Dakota$940.80
- Tennessee$282.90
- Texas$1,134.64
- Utah$746.52
- Vermont$240.10
- Virginia$936.20
- Washington$1,006.70
- West Virginia$995.75
- Wisconsin$580.00
- Wyoming$421.19
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.