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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Michigan 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?

$10,426

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,426 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$1,514$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$3,388 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,884
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913professional $1,514

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
$1,445.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
13 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
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 6th of 51

$10,426

$1,514 physician + $8,913 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.