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Nerve Decompression During Lower-Back Fusion

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 63052

Bone and thickened tissue are trimmed away from around the nerves of the lower back to relieve pressure on them, during an operation that also fuses the spine from behind. It frees the nerve roots that cause leg pain, numbness, and weakness. It is billed in addition to the main fusion procedure and covers one segment of the spine; each further segment treated is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nerve Decompression During Lower-Back Fusion cost?

$3,551

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,551 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 54 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$269 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$933 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $309 to $13,490Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $224 to $891
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,162professional $389

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
$323.59
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 18.9 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
CA $9,813MD $520

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.