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Cutting Spinal Nerve Roots Over Several Levels

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 63190

Removes part of the bony arch at the back of the spine to expose the nerve roots, then cuts selected roots to relieve severe pain or disabling muscle stiffness. This version covers work spanning several spinal levels rather than just one or two.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting Spinal Nerve Roots Over Several Levels cost?

$7,574

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,148 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,950 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Maine than in Massachusetts. 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

West Virginia· 23rd of 51

$7,574

$1,549 physician + $6,026 facility

ME $33,908MA $3,770

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.