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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Kentucky 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?

$2,995

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$1,175$1,023 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,175 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $891 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,778
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,175

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
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$2,995

$1,175 physician + $1,820 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.