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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Oregon 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?

$4,328

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,328 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$2,089$1,585 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,950 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,000Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,020
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $2,089

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
$5,128.61
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,019.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,630.27
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$28,183.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
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
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$42,657.95

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 46th of 51

$4,328

$2,089 physician + $2,239 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.