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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

North Dakota 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?

$5,691

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$1,905 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,259 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $5,495Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,236
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,455

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$5,691

$2,455 physician + $3,236 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.