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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Maine 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?

$4,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$1,445$1,380 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,692 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,344
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,445

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
12 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
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99

Where Maine 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

Maine· 48th of 51

$4,200

$1,445 physician + $2,754 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.