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Artificial Disc Removal, Extra Lower-Back Level

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 0164T

An artificial disc is taken out of a further level of the lower back during the same operation as the first level, working through an approach at the front of the body. It is done when the implant is causing trouble or that level needs different treatment. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Artificial Disc Removal, Extra Lower-Back Level cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$562 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,890 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $16,218Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,490
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $912

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in Vermont than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Connecticut· 16th of 51

$1,148

VT $13,490MS $537

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.