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Closing a Spinal Defect Containing Nerve Tissue

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 63704

Surgery on a newborn to close a sac that protrudes through a gap in the spine and contains spinal cord or nerve tissue along with fluid. The surgeon frees the exposed nerve tissue, returns it into the spinal canal, and closes the coverings, muscle, and skin over it to protect it from injury and infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closing a Spinal Defect Containing Nerve Tissue cost?

$2,455

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 5 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$2,089$1,660 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$2,455

CA $6,918OK $1,549

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.