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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Arizona 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?

$5,966

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$1,288$1,175 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,692 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $1,288

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
$977.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,952.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
6 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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 32nd of 51

$5,966

$1,288 physician + $4,677 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.