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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Delaware 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?

$5,121

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$1,230$1,175 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,138 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,890professional $1,230

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$44,668.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 44th of 51

$5,121

$1,230 physician + $3,890 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.