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Lumbar Laminectomy for a Narrowed Canal

Wyoming 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?

$10,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$2,455 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$7,586 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $9,120Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $2,951

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$10,537

$2,951 physician + $7,586 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.