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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures

Open removal of a spinal lesion in the lower back

CPT 63267the billing code this page is about

Bone is removed from the back of the lumbar spine to take out or drain a non-cancerous lesion, such as a cyst or blood collection, located outside the covering of the spinal cord.

Hospitals typically charge $5,855 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 493 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,368. Most fall between $2,705 and $13,561 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
493
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 493 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
$1,711$2,872$5,855$11,375$23,320

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,711 vs $23,320).

How the prices are spread

$1,056 – $1,490: 17 hospitals$1,056$1,490 – $2,102: 27 hospitals$2,102 – $2,965: 66 hospitals$2,102$2,965 – $4,183: 49 hospitals$4,183 – $5,900: 64 hospitals$4,183$5,900 – $8,323: 56 hospitals$8,323 – $11,741: 70 hospitals$8,323$11,741 – $16,563: 46 hospitals$16,563 – $23,365: 25 hospitals$16,563$23,365 – $32,960: 25 hospitals$23,365median $5,855price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (445 of 493 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,056$1,49017
$1,490$2,10227
$2,102$2,96566
$2,965$4,18349
$4,183$5,90064
$5,900$8,32356
$8,323$11,74170
$11,741$16,56346
$16,563$23,36525
$23,365$32,96025

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$5,855
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

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 $5,855.

Alaska: 5 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $6,901 across 12 hospitalsID$6,901Montana: 7 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 $5,388 across 22 hospitalsMN$5,388Illinois: median $5,048 across 24 hospitalsIL$5,048Wisconsin: median $5,971 across 30 hospitalsWI$5,971Michigan: median $4,464 across 34 hospitalsMI$4,464New York: median $8,454 across 32 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,442 across 11 hospitalsOR$4,442Nevada: 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 $3,274 across 22 hospitalsIA$3,274Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,294 across 20 hospitalsOH$6,294Pennsylvania: median $1,500 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,500New Jersey: median $7,907 across 32 hospitalsNJ$7,907Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,882 across 13 hospitalsCA$3,882Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,730 across 10 hospitalsNE$2,730Missouri: median $4,948 across 16 hospitalsMO$4,948Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $22,037 across 10 hospitalsVA$22,037Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 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 $2,872 across 15 hospitalsOK$2,872Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $4,948 across 11 hospitalsAL$4,948Georgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,394 across 11 hospitalsTX$7,394Florida: median $9,972 across 12 hospitalsFL$9,972
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,855. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA10$22,037+276%$910 – $31,858
Florida FL12$9,972+70%$5,057 – $13,948
New York NY32$8,454+44%$2,784 – $9,058
New Jersey NJ32$7,907+35%$5,110 – $9,761
Texas TX11$7,394+26%$2,840 – $22,042
Idaho ID12$6,901+18%$2,680 – $14,738
Ohio OH20$6,294+7%$5,057 – $48,679
Wisconsin WI30$5,971+2%$2,741 – $11,757
Minnesota MN22$5,388−8%$2,443 – $8,451
Illinois IL24$5,048−14%$1,105 – $42,722
Alabama AL11$4,948−15%$3,799 – $16,893
Missouri MO16$4,948−15%$2,084 – $17,877
Michigan MI34$4,464−24%$4,464 – $9,978
Oregon OR11$4,442−24%$2,551 – $4,442
California CA13$3,882−34%$1,678 – $36,837
Iowa IA22$3,274−44%$2,737 – $3,701
Oklahoma OK15$2,872−51%$2,872 – $15,098
Nebraska NE10$2,730−53%$1,968 – $5,483
Pennsylvania PA22$1,500−74%$620 – $13,461
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $5,855.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care402$6,303$2,784 – $14,738
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access81$3,967$2,084 – $8,451
Ownership
For-profit67$9,787$4,465 – $18,312
Government65$4,116$2,616 – $10,834
Non-profit359$5,057$2,670 – $11,982
System affiliation
Part of a system382$5,971$2,741 – $13,713
Independent111$4,250$2,380 – $12,366

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,809
Median cash price$5,855
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

224 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,921 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,356; most fall between $1,579 and $5,971.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 224 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
$664$1,893$2,921$5,634$11,093

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($664 vs $11,093).

Of the 252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 224 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 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

493 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 552 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted493
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) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code552

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 Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lam Exc/Evac Ispi Lesion Oth/Thn Neo Xdrl 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, “Open removal of a spinal lesion in the lower back (CPT 63267) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63267-open-removal-of-a-spinal-lesion-in-the-lower-back