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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Lower back spinal decompression through the vertebra

CPT 63056the billing code this page is about

Decompression of the spinal cord or a nerve root at one lumbar segment using an approach through the bony pedicle, which may include removing herniated disc material.

Hospitals typically charge $6,340 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 425 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,898. Most fall between $2,591 and $13,163 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
425
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 425 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
$1,848$3,290$6,340$11,287$17,980

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,848 vs $17,980).

How the prices are spread

$1,171 – $1,602: 14 hospitals$1,171$1,602 – $2,193: 22 hospitals$2,193 – $3,001: 37 hospitals$2,193$3,001 – $4,106: 48 hospitals$4,106 – $5,620: 49 hospitals$4,106$5,620 – $7,690: 47 hospitals$7,690 – $10,525: 70 hospitals$7,690$10,525 – $14,403: 39 hospitals$14,403 – $19,711: 45 hospitals$14,403$19,711 – $26,974: 12 hospitals$19,711median $6,340price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (383 of 425 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,171$1,60214
$1,602$2,19322
$2,193$3,00137
$3,001$4,10648
$4,106$5,62049
$5,620$7,69047
$7,690$10,52570
$10,525$14,40339
$14,403$19,71145
$19,711$26,97412

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$6,340
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

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 $6,340.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $14,738 across 11 hospitalsID$14,738Montana: 4 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 $9,620 across 19 hospitalsMN$9,620Illinois: median $2,840 across 18 hospitalsIL$2,840Wisconsin: median $7,052 across 15 hospitalsWI$7,052Michigan: median $5,538 across 26 hospitalsMI$5,538New York: median $8,454 across 30 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,928 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,928Nevada: 4 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 $3,568 across 21 hospitalsIA$3,568Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,684 across 10 hospitalsOH$5,684Pennsylvania: median $10,468 across 11 hospitalsPA$10,468New Jersey: median $7,907 across 32 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 $17,382 across 28 hospitalsCA$17,382Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $10,611 across 10 hospitalsCO$10,611Nebraska: median $3,566 across 10 hospitalsNE$3,566Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,451 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,451Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 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 $8,446 across 26 hospitalsTX$8,446Florida: median $12,686 across 14 hospitalsFL$12,686
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,340. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$17,382+174%$3,290 – $17,382
Idaho ID11$14,738+132%$6,265 – $14,738
Florida FL14$12,686+100%$5,684 – $59,420
Colorado CO10$10,611+67%$2,061 – $19,279
Pennsylvania PA11$10,468+65%$6,943 – $13,461
Minnesota MN19$9,620+52%$3,130 – $11,287
New York NY30$8,454+33%$3,337 – $8,454
Texas TX26$8,446+33%$6,210 – $12,584
New Jersey NJ32$7,907+25%$5,110 – $9,532
Wisconsin WI15$7,052+11%$7,052 – $13,163
Ohio OH10$5,684−10%$3,161 – $5,684
Michigan MI26$5,538−13%$5,538 – $9,978
Iowa IA21$3,568−44%$3,568 – $4,278
Nebraska NE10$3,566−44%$2,150 – $7,530
Illinois IL18$2,840−55%$1,171 – $8,459
Oklahoma OK12$2,451−61%$2,451 – $2,451
Oregon OR12$1,928−70%$492 – $4,821
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not 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 $6,340.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care350$6,943$2,975 – $14,613
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access67$4,821$2,188 – $11,287
Ownership
For-profit52$9,880$4,913 – $19,595
Government57$5,679$2,840 – $8,454
Non-profit315$5,847$2,500 – $13,163
System affiliation
Part of a system333$7,052$2,965 – $13,815
Independent92$4,570$2,482 – $9,880

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,390
Median cash price$6,340
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

215 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,442 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,695; most fall between $2,292 and $13,327.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 215 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
$1,472$2,451$4,442$12,363$17,382

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,472 vs $17,382).

Of the 252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 215 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

425 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 478 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted425
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
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 — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code478

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 Transpedicular Dcmprn Spinal Cord 1 Seg 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, “Lower back spinal decompression through the vertebra (CPT 63056) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63056-lower-back-spinal-decompression-through-the-vertebra