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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Kansas 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$372 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,239 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,000Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $490

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
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
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$37.15

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$562

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.