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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

New Jersey 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?

$7,690

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,690 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$1,380$1,202 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,169 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,380

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 16th of 51

$7,690

$1,380 physician + $6,310 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.