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Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 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 6 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$1,202$1,000 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,202 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $871 to $2,754
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,660professional $1,202

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $1,230 · 38th of 51
CA $4,169NM $1,047

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.