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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Massachusetts 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$447$372 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$562 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $372 to $8,710Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,000
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $447

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
$371.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$954.99
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,892.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,892.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$468

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.