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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Repeat disc surgery in the lower back, one level

CPT 63042the billing code this page is about

Re-operation at a previously operated lumbar disc space, removing bone and disc material to relieve nerve pressure; covers one disc space.

Hospitals typically charge $6,193 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 566 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,882. Most fall between $2,550 and $14,613 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
566
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 566 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
$1,754$3,039$6,193$12,366$21,075

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,754 vs $21,075).

How the prices are spread

$858 – $1,248: 9 hospitals$858$1,248 – $1,816: 24 hospitals$1,816 – $2,641: 59 hospitals$1,816$2,641 – $3,841: 73 hospitals$3,841 – $5,586: 56 hospitals$3,841$5,586 – $8,125: 80 hospitals$8,125 – $11,817: 92 hospitals$8,125$11,817 – $17,187: 55 hospitals$17,187 – $24,997: 49 hospitals$17,187$24,997 – $36,356: 14 hospitals$24,997median $6,193price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (511 of 566 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$858$1,2489
$1,248$1,81624
$1,816$2,64159
$2,641$3,84173
$3,841$5,58656
$5,586$8,12580
$8,125$11,81792
$11,817$17,18755
$17,187$24,99749
$24,997$36,35614

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$6,193
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.84×

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 $6,193.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $14,738 across 12 hospitalsID$14,738Montana: 8 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 $5,078 across 28 hospitalsMN$5,078Illinois: median $2,527 across 21 hospitalsIL$2,527Wisconsin: median $6,193 across 30 hospitalsWI$6,193Michigan: median $4,126 across 32 hospitalsMI$4,126New York: median $8,454 across 50 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $3,128 across 22 hospitalsIA$3,128Indiana: median $2,221 across 10 hospitalsIN$2,221Ohio: median $4,878 across 16 hospitalsOH$4,878Pennsylvania: median $7,307 across 23 hospitalsPA$7,307New Jersey: median $7,907 across 33 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 5 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 $8,590 across 45 hospitalsCA$8,590Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $3,208 across 12 hospitalsNE$3,208Missouri: median $6,104 across 16 hospitalsMO$6,104Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $24,383 across 11 hospitalsVA$24,383Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,711 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,711Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $6,476 across 11 hospitalsAL$6,476Georgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,428 across 26 hospitalsTX$9,428Florida: median $7,171 across 12 hospitalsFL$7,171
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,193. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA11$24,383+294%$858 – $36,357
Idaho ID12$14,738+138%$7,008 – $14,738
Texas TX26$9,428+52%$6,210 – $10,775
California CA45$8,590+39%$3,729 – $17,382
New York NY50$8,454+36%$3,326 – $36,815
New Jersey NJ33$7,907+28%$5,110 – $9,757
Pennsylvania PA23$7,307+18%$430 – $13,461
Florida FL12$7,171+16%$4,878 – $13,615
Alabama AL11$6,476+5%$3,993 – $14,584
Wisconsin WI30$6,1930%$5,988 – $13,724
Missouri MO16$6,104−1%$2,015 – $17,381
Minnesota MN28$5,078−18%$2,713 – $12,517
Ohio OH16$4,878−21%$3,227 – $14,312
Michigan MI32$4,126−33%$2,219 – $9,978
Nebraska NE12$3,208−48%$1,887 – $11,370
Iowa IA22$3,128−49%$2,631 – $6,724
Oklahoma OK14$2,711−56%$2,711 – $12,813
Illinois IL21$2,527−59%$1,264 – $6,030
Indiana IN10$2,221−64%$2,221 – $12,483
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $6,193.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care469$7,627$2,711 – $16,491
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$3,945$1,867 – $10,668
Ownership
For-profit73$10,346$3,424 – $20,320
Government73$3,424$2,219 – $8,594
Non-profit419$6,193$2,711 – $14,613
System affiliation
Part of a system445$7,242$2,711 – $14,738
Independent121$3,986$2,370 – $10,989

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,122
Median cash price$6,193
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

290 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,232 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,432; most fall between $1,807 and $9,428.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 290 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
$700$2,219$3,232$8,590$14,738

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($700 vs $14,738).

Of the 321 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 290 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 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

566 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 626 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted566
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here46
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded11
Hospitals that filed this code626

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 Lamot Prtl Ffd Exc Disc Reexpl 1 Ntrspc Lumbar.

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, “Repeat disc surgery in the lower back, one level (CPT 63042) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63042-repeat-disc-surgery-in-the-lower-back-one-level