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Repeat Lower Back Decompression, Extra Level

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 63044

This procedure decompresses a nerve root in the lower spine at an additional level, performed as part of a repeat back surgery in a person who has had previous surgery at that location. It involves removing a small amount of bone and tissue to relieve pressure on the nerve, along with treating a herniated disc if present. It is done in addition to treating the main level during the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repeat Lower Back Decompression, Extra Level cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 6 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$562$447 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$562 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $339 to $8,710Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $871
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $933professional $562

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
$0.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.8 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$562

CA $3,631HI $263

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.