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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

North Dakota 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?

$5,424

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,862 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,122 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,495Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,188

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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 34th of 51

$5,424

$2,188 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.