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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63042

Reopens a level of the lower spine that has been operated on before, clears the scar tissue, and frees a nerve root that is being pressed on, removing herniated disc material and trimming bone from the edge of the nerve channel as needed. It is done when symptoms return at a level already treated. It covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression cost?

$13,958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$5,248$2,692 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$7,244 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $20,417Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $6,761
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $5,248

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
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$25,703.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.7 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$13,958

$5,248 physician + $8,710 facility

CO $15,002KY $3,224

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.