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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Missouri 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?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 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$407$347 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,138 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $832 to $12,882Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $407

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$19,952.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
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
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$437

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.