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Neck Cordotomy, One Side, Single Operation

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 63194

Surgery for severe pain that has not responded to other treatment. Part of the bony arch of a neck vertebra is removed to reach the spinal cord, and the pain-carrying pathway is cut on one side of the cord, which relieves pain on the opposite side of the body. It is completed in a single operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Neck Cordotomy, One Side, Single Operation cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,890 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,890$3,162 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$4,074 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $6,026
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $3,890

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 955.0 times more in Indiana than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 46

$4,074

IN $28,840SC $30.20

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.