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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Idaho 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?

$6,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,738 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,467 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $2,042

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
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$10,715.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
23 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
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 20th of 51

$6,940

$2,042 physician + $4,898 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.