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Spine Surgery With a Cut Into the Spinal Cord

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 63170

Open spine surgery in which part of the bony arch is removed and a controlled incision is made into the spinal cord itself, interrupting the nerve pathways that are driving severe symptoms. It is used for disabling muscle spasm and stiffness, or for pain that has not responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spine Surgery With a Cut Into the Spinal Cord cost?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,660$1,445 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$1,000 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,570
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $1,660

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,388.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
6 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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$1,660

AK $6,607TX $288

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.