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Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect

Georgia rates for HCPCS 63700

Closes a fluid-filled sac that pushes out through a gap in the back of the spine. The sac is formed by the coverings of the spinal cord and the fluid within them; it is opened, the excess covering is trimmed, and the layers of covering, muscle, and skin are closed over the spinal canal. This is the operation for a smaller defect.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect cost?

$5,815

Typical total for the visit. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,349 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,549

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 7.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Georgia· 19th of 50

$5,815

$1,549 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $13,852MD $1,848

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.