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Lumbar Decompression For A Slipped Vertebra

Georgia rates for HCPCS 63012

Removes the bony arch at the back of a lower spine vertebra, together with the abnormal joint and bone segments, to take pressure off the nerve roots and the bundle of nerves running down the spinal canal. It is used when one vertebra has shifted forward on the one below and loose bone is pinching the nerves. It relieves the leg pain, numbness and weakness that pressure causes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lumbar Decompression For A Slipped Vertebra cost?

$5,414

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,698$1,380 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,698 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,698

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
$1,230.27
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Georgia· 39th of 51

$5,414

$1,698 physician + $3,715 facility

CO $14,842KY $2,873

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.