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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Nebraska 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?

$8,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$2,570$2,089 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,631 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $2,570

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
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
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$8,325

$2,570 physician + $5,754 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.