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Artificial Disc Removal, Extra Lower-Back Level

Nevada 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?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,072 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$1,072$891 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,585 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,072

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 11th of 51

$1,318

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.