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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Massachusetts 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?

$4,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,514 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,514 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,905

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,495.41
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
7 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
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 44th of 51

$4,536

$1,905 physician + $2,630 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.