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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Oklahoma 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?

$11,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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$1,549$1,230 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$3,020 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $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
$1,348.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 5th of 51

$11,099

$1,549 physician + $9,550 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.