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Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect

Nebraska 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?

$10,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$2,089$1,202 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,365 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,918
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $2,089

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$10,033

$2,089 physician + $7,943 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.