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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Tennessee 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?

$5,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,549$1,259 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,884 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,549

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$5,914

$1,549 physician + $4,365 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.