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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Indiana 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?

$10,258

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,258 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,202 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$4,266 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $28,840Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $1,549

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,585.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$10,258

$1,549 physician + $8,710 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.