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Extra Spinal Level Freed During Nerve Surgery

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$537 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$759 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $708 to $21,878Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $275 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$692

CA $7,943HI $288

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.