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Neck Disc and Nerve Decompression Through the Back

Utah 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?

$6,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$135 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $15,849Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,148
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $708

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
7 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
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$32,359.37

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 51

$6,734

$708 physician + $6,026 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.