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Lumbar Decompression (PILD) or Placebo, Blinded Trial

Rhode Island 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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 4 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$372$331 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$5,888 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $3,715 to $16,218Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $302 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $372

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 39th of 51

$380

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.