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Spinal Nerve Root Rhizotomy With Laminectomy

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 63185

A back surgery in which part of the bony arch covering the spinal canal is removed so the surgeon can reach and cut one or more specific nerve roots. It is used to relieve severe, hard-to-control muscle spasms or nerve-related pain that has not responded to other treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Nerve Root Rhizotomy With Laminectomy cost?

$3,995

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$2,089$1,175 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,622 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,089

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 12.8 times more in Maine 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 42nd of 50

$3,995

$2,089 physician + $1,905 facility

ME $28,361WV $2,222

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.