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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Ohio 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?

$5,051

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$257 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,905 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,965Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,549
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $977

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
$2,754.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
10 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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 41st of 51

$5,051

$977 physician + $4,074 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.