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Additional Spinal Level Of Spine Decompression Surgery

Colorado rates for HCPCS 63048

This describes an additional spinal level treated during surgery to relieve pressure on nerves in the neck, mid-back, or lower back, in which bone and tissue are removed to widen the space around the spinal nerves. It is billed in addition to the procedure for the first spinal level, reflecting extra work needed when more than one level is treated in the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Additional Spinal Level Of Spine Decompression Surgery cost?

$3,493

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$204 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,202 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $269 to $9,333Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $191 to $724
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $257

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
$831.76
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$630.96

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 37.2 times more in South Carolina than in Maine. 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

Colorado· 25th of 51

$3,493

$257 physician + $3,236 facility

SC $8,967ME $241

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.