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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0276

Blinded procedure for lumbar stenosis, percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression (PILD) or placebo-control, performed in an approved coverage with evidence development (CED) clinical trial

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial cost?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$380 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,692 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,125Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $331 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$513

AK $1,479NY $331

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.