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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Alabama 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?

$8,581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,288 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,266 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $1,820

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
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 12th of 51

$8,581

$1,820 physician + $6,761 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.