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Extra Spinal Level Freed During Nerve Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 63043

The additional work when a surgeon frees trapped nerves at more than one level of the spine during the same operation. Bone or disc material pressing on the nerve is cleared away at each further level, and this is charged in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extra Spinal Level Freed During Nerve Surgery cost?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$380 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,072 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $776 to $7,762Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $661

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
$851.14
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,238.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
5 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
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$776

AK $2,455KY $245

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.