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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Louisiana 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?

$7,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,905$1,514 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,467 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $1,905

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
$812.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$7,660

$1,905 physician + $5,754 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.