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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Nerve decompression added to lumbar fusion, one level

CPT 63052the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for removing bone and widening the nerve opening at one lumbar segment during a posterior spinal fusion performed at the same setting.

Hospitals typically charge $1,208 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 444 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,505. Most fall between $472 and $12,716 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
444
States
47
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 444 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
$292$515$1,208$6,714$50,121

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 172× what the cheapest tenth charges ($292 vs $50,121).

How the prices are spread

$213 – $386: 48 hospitals$213$386 – $700: 115 hospitals$700 – $1,268: 37 hospitals$700$1,268 – $2,298: 23 hospitals$2,298 – $4,164: 48 hospitals$2,298$4,164 – $7,545: 49 hospitals$7,545 – $13,671: 15 hospitals$7,545$13,671 – $24,773: 5 hospitals$24,773 – $44,891: 29 hospitals$24,773$44,891 – $81,344: 31 hospitals$44,891median $1,208price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (400 of 444 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$213$38648
$386$700115
$700$1,26837
$1,268$2,29823
$2,298$4,16448
$4,164$7,54549
$7,545$13,67115
$13,671$24,7735
$24,773$44,89129
$44,891$81,34431

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,208.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $4,221 across 12 hospitalsID$4,221Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,188 across 22 hospitalsMN$2,188Illinois: median $515 across 18 hospitalsIL$515Wisconsin: median $3,774 across 28 hospitalsWI$3,774Michigan: median $397 across 35 hospitalsMI$397New York: median $4,595 across 28 hospitalsNY$4,595Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $823 across 11 hospitalsOR$823Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $629 across 19 hospitalsIA$629Indiana: median $34,656 across 15 hospitalsIN$34,656Ohio: median $63,733 across 15 hospitalsOH$63,733Pennsylvania: median $188 across 16 hospitalsPA$188New Jersey: median $5,741 across 20 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 8 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 $582 across 26 hospitalsCA$582Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $605 across 10 hospitalsNE$605Missouri: median $7,561 across 11 hospitalsMO$7,561Kentucky: 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: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $539 across 13 hospitalsOK$539Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $26,724 across 11 hospitalsFL$26,724
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,208. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH15$63,733+5175%$1,105 – $104,276
Indiana IN15$34,656+2768%$515 – $47,933
Florida FL11$26,724+2112%$1,105 – $51,984
Missouri MO11$7,561+526%$417 – $54,132
New Jersey NJ20$5,741+375%$4,350 – $24,754
New York NY28$4,595+280%$489 – $4,595
Idaho ID12$4,221+249%$4,200 – $8,496
Wisconsin WI28$3,774+212%$3,425 – $6,901
Minnesota MN22$2,188+81%$233 – $2,874
Oregon OR11$823−32%$472 – $823
Iowa IA19$629−48%$629 – $666
Nebraska NE10$605−50%$352 – $1,480
California CA26$582−52%$582 – $620
Oklahoma OK13$539−55%$539 – $2,390
Illinois IL18$515−57%$439 – $2,662
Michigan MI35$397−67%$274 – $3,774
Pennsylvania PA16$188−84%$159 – $8,555
Texas TX9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not 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 $1,208.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care367$1,301$479 – $26,724
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$1,061$432 – $3,774
Ownership
For-profit46$4,221$539 – $51,984
Government46$705$432 – $6,069
Non-profit351$1,105$449 – $7,561
System affiliation
Part of a system363$1,660$472 – $25,117
Independent81$754$432 – $4,931

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,061
Median cash price$1,208
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. 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

216 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $539 and the average of the middle 60% is $609; most fall between $342 and $1,640.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 216 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
$174$417$539$790$3,774

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($174 vs $3,774).

Of the 242 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 216 gave a usable cash price; 12 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

444 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 517 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted444
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded32
Hospitals that filed this code517

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Lam Facetec/Foramot Drg Arthrd Lumbar 1 Vrt Sgm.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Nerve decompression added to lumbar fusion, one level (CPT 63052) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63052-nerve-decompression-added-to-lumbar-fusion-one-level