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Repeat Lower Back Nerve Decompression

Virginia 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?

$7,334

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,334 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,288 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$2,399 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $1,445

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$12,589.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 21st of 51

$7,334

$1,445 physician + $5,888 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.