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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Neck laminectomy to relieve spinal cord pressure, 3+ levels

CPT 63015the billing code this page is about

Open removal of bone from the back of the neck vertebrae to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves across more than two vertebral segments.

Hospitals typically charge $5,155 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 389 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,684. Most fall between $2,441 and $10,596 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
389
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 389 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,636$2,893$5,155$9,829$17,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,636 vs $17,382).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $915: 6 hospitals$656$915 – $1,275: 6 hospitals$1,275 – $1,776: 12 hospitals$1,275$1,776 – $2,475: 41 hospitals$2,475 – $3,448: 57 hospitals$2,475$3,448 – $4,805: 45 hospitals$4,805 – $6,695: 47 hospitals$4,805$6,695 – $9,328: 55 hospitals$9,328 – $12,998: 43 hospitals$9,328$12,998 – $18,112: 39 hospitals$12,998median $5,155price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (351 of 389 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$9156
$915$1,2756
$1,275$1,77612
$1,776$2,47541
$2,475$3,44857
$3,448$4,80545
$4,805$6,69547
$6,695$9,32855
$9,328$12,99843
$12,998$18,11239

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$5,155
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,155.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $7,000 across 10 hospitalsID$7,000Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $9,133 across 16 hospitalsMN$9,133Illinois: median $3,509 across 16 hospitalsIL$3,509Wisconsin: median $6,942 across 27 hospitalsWI$6,942Michigan: median $2,893 across 31 hospitalsMI$2,893New York: median $8,454 across 27 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,763 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,763Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,509 across 17 hospitalsIA$3,509Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,421 across 12 hospitalsOH$5,421Pennsylvania: median $968 across 19 hospitalsPA$968New Jersey: median $7,807 across 25 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $17,382 across 39 hospitalsCA$17,382Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,440 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,440Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $10,092 across 21 hospitalsTX$10,092Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,155. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$17,382+237%$3,255 – $17,382
Texas TX21$10,092+96%$6,911 – $10,596
Minnesota MN16$9,133+77%$3,182 – $10,716
New York NY27$8,454+64%$3,326 – $8,613
New Jersey NJ25$7,807+51%$4,881 – $8,413
Idaho ID10$7,000+36%$2,878 – $14,738
Wisconsin WI27$6,942+35%$6,399 – $14,112
Ohio OH12$5,421+5%$3,697 – $6,822
Iowa IA17$3,509−32%$2,944 – $3,509
Illinois IL16$3,509−32%$2,441 – $7,212
Michigan MI31$2,893−44%$2,893 – $6,399
Oregon OR10$2,763−46%$2,763 – $4,770
Oklahoma OK13$2,440−53%$2,440 – $14,565
Pennsylvania PA19$968−81%$422 – $12,077
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,155.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care312$5,110$2,441 – $10,472
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access67$6,399$2,570 – $10,716
Ownership
For-profit38$7,000$2,441 – $19,546
Government44$4,077$2,570 – $8,454
Non-profit306$4,881$2,441 – $10,092
System affiliation
Part of a system322$5,421$2,441 – $10,596
Independent67$4,400$2,446 – $9,388

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,260
Median cash price$5,155
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

233 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,509 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,578; most fall between $2,235 and $10,092.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 233 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,232$2,440$3,509$8,389$16,709

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,232 vs $16,709).

Of the 256 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 233 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

389 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 426 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted389
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here32
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code426

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laminectomy W/O Ffd > 2 Vert Seg Cervical.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Neck laminectomy to relieve spinal cord pressure, 3+ levels (CPT 63015) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63015-neck-laminectomy-to-relieve-spinal-cord-pressure-3-levels