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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

New Jersey 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$355$331 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$5,888 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $16,982Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $295 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $355

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$389

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.