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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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$447 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$525 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,413Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $537

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,709.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$575

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.