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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

North Dakota 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$708$389 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$380 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,511Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $363 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $380professional $708

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
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$708

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.