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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63020

Removes a small window of bone from the back of a vertebra in the neck and clears whatever is pressing on a nerve root, including part of a facet joint, the roof of the nerve exit tunnel, or a bulging disc fragment. One disc level is treated. It relieves arm pain, numbness or weakness coming from a pinched nerve in the neck.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back cost?

$13,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$4,467$2,692 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$7,079 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $5,129 to $19,055Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $4,467

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
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$25,703.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.0 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,587

$4,467 physician + $9,120 facility

CO $14,731KY $2,968

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.