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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Kentucky 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 4 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$355$347 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$347 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,511Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $316 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $355

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
$316.23
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$355

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.