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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Connecticut 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?

$12,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$2,089$1,778 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$7,586 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $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
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$12,022.64
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$724.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$12,561

$2,089 physician + $10,471 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.