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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63005

Removes the bony roof over the spinal canal in the lower back to take pressure off the nerves running through it. It treats a narrowed canal that causes back and leg pain, numbness or heavy legs when walking. Only a short stretch of the lower spine is opened.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal cost?

$13,409

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,898$3,090 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$7,244 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $16,982Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,166
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $4,898

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$13,409

$4,898 physician + $8,511 facility

CO $14,842WV $2,709

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.