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Lower Back Decompression Surgery, One Level

Missouri rates for HCPCS 63047

Open surgery on the lower back to take pressure off squeezed nerves. Bone at the back of one spinal level is removed along with part of the small joint beside it, and the tunnel where the nerve leaves the spine is opened up. It treats spinal stenosis, a narrowing that causes leg pain, numbness or heaviness on walking; further levels treated at the same operation are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lower Back Decompression Surgery, One Level cost?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $10,233.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $17,378
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$22,387.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Maine than in Montana. 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.

Missouri· 27th of 51

$6,457

ME $19,953MT $1,950

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.