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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 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$427$363 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$724 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $427 to $16,596Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$479

CA $5,248NM $347

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.