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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Lower back disc removal with nerve decompression, one level

CPT 63030the billing code this page is about

Open surgery through the back that removes part of the bony arch and a herniated or bulging disc at one lumbar level to take pressure off a nerve root.

Hospitals typically charge $5,427 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 733 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,434. Most fall between $2,102 and $14,738 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
733
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 733 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
$1,532$2,541$5,427$11,780$23,585

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,532 vs $23,585).

How the prices are spread

$1,006 – $1,443: 27 hospitals$1,006$1,443 – $2,068: 75 hospitals$2,068 – $2,963: 83 hospitals$2,068$2,963 – $4,247: 73 hospitals$4,247 – $6,087: 93 hospitals$4,247$6,087 – $8,724: 78 hospitals$8,724 – $12,504: 97 hospitals$8,724$12,504 – $17,922: 49 hospitals$17,922 – $25,686: 59 hospitals$17,922$25,686 – $36,815: 35 hospitals$25,686median $5,427price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (669 of 733 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,006$1,44327
$1,443$2,06875
$2,068$2,96383
$2,963$4,24773
$4,247$6,08793
$6,087$8,72478
$8,724$12,50497
$12,504$17,92249
$17,922$25,68659
$25,686$36,81535

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$5,427
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

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 $5,427.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $5,841 across 12 hospitalsWA$5,841Idaho: median $8,878 across 14 hospitalsID$8,878Montana: median $3,007 across 10 hospitalsMT$3,007North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,567 across 34 hospitalsMN$3,567Illinois: median $2,761 across 26 hospitalsIL$2,761Wisconsin: median $5,311 across 32 hospitalsWI$5,311Michigan: median $3,642 across 37 hospitalsMI$3,642New York: median $8,454 across 53 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,977 across 17 hospitalsOR$2,977Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 6 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 $2,334 across 26 hospitalsIA$2,334Indiana: median $9,809 across 17 hospitalsIN$9,809Ohio: median $20,148 across 32 hospitalsOH$20,148Pennsylvania: median $7,418 across 28 hospitalsPA$7,418New Jersey: median $7,807 across 37 hospitalsNJ$7,807Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,976 across 57 hospitalsCA$7,976Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $1,987 across 10 hospitalsCO$1,987Nebraska: median $3,378 across 13 hospitalsNE$3,378Missouri: median $7,695 across 22 hospitalsMO$7,695Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $5,374 across 21 hospitalsWV$5,374Virginia: median $19,407 across 13 hospitalsVA$19,407Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,719 across 11 hospitalsKS$2,719Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $4,272 across 11 hospitalsNC$4,272South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,907 across 15 hospitalsOK$1,907Louisiana: median $10,472 across 15 hospitalsLA$10,472Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $3,613 across 12 hospitalsAL$3,613Georgia: median $2,102 across 12 hospitalsGA$2,102Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,790 across 31 hospitalsTX$8,790Florida: median $13,458 across 13 hospitalsFL$13,458
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,427. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH32$20,148+271%$3,120 – $39,911
Virginia VA13$19,407+258%$6,361 – $26,552
Florida FL13$13,458+148%$3,120 – $19,460
Louisiana LA15$10,472+93%$3,393 – $13,998
Indiana IN17$9,809+81%$1,831 – $22,198
Idaho ID14$8,878+64%$1,802 – $14,738
Texas TX31$8,790+62%$6,210 – $12,866
New York NY53$8,454+56%$2,715 – $36,815
California CA57$7,976+47%$3,255 – $19,471
New Jersey NJ37$7,807+44%$4,350 – $9,533
Missouri MO22$7,695+42%$1,463 – $18,725
Pennsylvania PA28$7,418+37%$466 – $14,322
Washington WA12$5,841+8%$2,107 – $10,706
West Virginia WV21$5,374−1%$4,350 – $8,074
Wisconsin WI32$5,311−2%$4,377 – $11,324
North Carolina NC11$4,272−21%$2,817 – $6,172
Michigan MI37$3,642−33%$2,833 – $9,978
Alabama AL12$3,613−33%$2,073 – $15,523
Minnesota MN34$3,567−34%$1,673 – $9,248
Nebraska NE13$3,378−38%$2,296 – $5,160
Montana MT10$3,007−45%$597 – $9,903
Oregon OR17$2,977−45%$1,706 – $7,989
Illinois IL26$2,761−49%$1,831 – $11,780
Kansas KS11$2,719−50%$1,284 – $6,836
Iowa IA26$2,334−57%$1,895 – $2,790
Georgia GA12$2,102−61%$2,102 – $24,963
Colorado CO10$1,987−63%$914 – $8,334
Oklahoma OK15$1,907−65%$1,907 – $10,987
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $5,427.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care593$6,578$2,334 – $17,462
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access123$3,642$1,802 – $8,790
Ownership
For-profit98$9,823$3,599 – $20,324
Government99$2,957$1,876 – $10,208
Non-profit533$5,311$2,102 – $14,738
System affiliation
Part of a system577$5,995$2,334 – $17,144
Independent156$3,406$1,844 – $9,903

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,464
Median cash price$5,427
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

349 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,817 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,560; most fall between $1,463 and $8,790.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 349 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
$527$1,706$2,817$6,361$14,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 28× what the cheapest tenth charges ($527 vs $14,738).

Of the 388 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 349 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

733 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 804 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted733
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code804

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 Lamnotmy Incl W/Dcmprsn Nrv Root 1 Intrspc Lumbr.

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, “Lower back disc removal with nerve decompression, one level (CPT 63030) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63030-lower-back-disc-removal-with-nerve-decompression-one-level