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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Georgia 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?

$5,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,698$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,622 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,698

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,786.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,467.37
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 35th of 51

$5,329

$1,698 physician + $3,631 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.