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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Montana 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 5 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$513$389 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$617 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $479 to $759Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $631professional $513

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$617

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.