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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Idaho 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$331 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,754 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $427 to $18,621Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $724
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $550

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$23,442.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
11 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
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 13th of 51

$550

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.