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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

New Hampshire 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?

$7,944

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$1,778$1,585 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,818 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,778

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,912.51
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
6 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
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 12th of 51

$7,944

$1,778 physician + $6,166 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.