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Spinal Cord Decompression Through The Pedicle

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 63055

Removes disc material or bone pressing on the spinal cord or a nerve root, reaching the front of the spinal canal from behind by working through the pedicle, the short bony bridge on the side of a vertebra. It treats pressure that cannot be reached safely from directly behind.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Cord Decompression Through The Pedicle cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,239 to $6,761.

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 $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,791.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 14.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 50

$3,467

IN $22,387WV $1,514

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.