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Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63600

A needle is guided through the skin into a precise target in the spinal cord using imaging, and a small area of nerve tissue is deliberately destroyed to interrupt pain signals traveling to the brain. Electrical stimulation and recording through the same needle confirm the position before the lesion is made. It is reserved for severe pain that has not responded to other treatment, most often pain from advanced cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$2,754 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$2,089 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,913Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $4,467

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
$1,949.84
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$4,467

AK $4,467TX $759

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.