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Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect

Tennessee 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?

$3,991

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,991 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,202 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,995 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,754
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,479

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 37th of 50

$3,991

$1,479 physician + $2,512 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.