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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Massachusetts 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?

$4,733

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,585 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,549 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $11,220
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $2,042

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$21,877.62
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,888.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$4,733

$2,042 physician + $2,692 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.