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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Texas 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 July 2026.

How much does Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal cost?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $8,318.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $14,125
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$18,197.01
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$20,892.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,791.08

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Texas· 32nd of 50

$4,169

IN $22,909ND $1,148

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.