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Lower Spine Decompression Through the Bone Pillar

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 63056

Relieves pressure on a spinal nerve in the lower back by working through the bony pillar at the side of the vertebra to reach material that a standard approach from behind cannot get to, such as a disc fragment that has escaped out beyond the nerve exit. The offending tissue is removed so the nerve is freed. It covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Spine Decompression Through the Bone Pillar cost?

$5,463

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,622 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,512 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$5,463

$1,995 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $15,286KY $3,341

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.