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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Minnesota 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?

$5,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$2,291$1,660 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,950 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,291

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,365.16
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$47,863.01
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$5,527

$2,291 physician + $3,236 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.