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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Florida 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?

$5,833

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,833 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$813 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,818 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,698
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,047

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
$851.14
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,089.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$5,833

$1,047 physician + $4,786 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.