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Procedure price report · Laminectomy, excision intervertebral disc

Placement of a spinal fluid drainage shunt with bone removal

CPT 63740the billing code this page is about

Open surgery creating a shunt that drains spinal fluid from the lower spine to the abdomen, chest, or another site, including removal of part of the vertebral bone.

Hospitals typically charge $1,936 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 150 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,250. Most fall between $1,372 and $3,651 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
150
States
34
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 150 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
$764$1,524$1,936$3,356$5,660

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($764 vs $5,660).

How the prices are spread

$647 – $845: 12 hospitals$647$845 – $1,104: 7 hospitals$1,104 – $1,442: 10 hospitals$1,104$1,442 – $1,883: 36 hospitals$1,883 – $2,460: 16 hospitals$1,883$2,460 – $3,213: 18 hospitals$3,213 – $4,197: 20 hospitals$3,213$4,197 – $5,482: 8 hospitals$5,482 – $7,160: 7 hospitals$5,482$7,160 – $9,352: 2 hospitals$7,160median $1,936price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (136 of 150 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$647$84512
$845$1,1047
$1,104$1,44210
$1,442$1,88336
$1,883$2,46016
$2,460$3,21318
$3,213$4,19720
$4,197$5,4828
$5,482$7,1607
$7,160$9,3522

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,936.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWIMichigan: median $1,535 across 12 hospitalsMI$1,535New York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,851 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,851Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: median $3,284 across 10 hospitalsOH$3,284Pennsylvania: median $728 across 15 hospitalsPA$728New Jersey: median $5,339 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,566 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,566Kentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $1,628 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,628Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,936. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,339+176%$4,350 – $6,311
Ohio OH10$3,284+70%$1,594 – $3,284
Oregon OR10$1,851−4%$1,851 – $3,192
Oklahoma OK10$1,628−16%$1,628 – $1,628
Missouri MO11$1,566−19%$1,408 – $13,565
Michigan MI12$1,535−21%$1,535 – $3,597
Pennsylvania PA15$728−62%$616 – $1,957
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $1,936.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care125$1,910$1,367 – $3,918
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access15fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit15fewer than 20 hospitals
Government19fewer than 20 hospitals
Non-profit115$1,851$1,367 – $3,786
System affiliation
Part of a system114$1,853$1,372 – $3,918
Independent36$1,963$1,417 – $3,150

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,847
Median cash price$1,936
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

100 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,851 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,896; most fall between $1,061 and $3,042.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 100 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
$764$1,264$1,851$2,764$3,918

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($764 vs $3,918).

Of the 109 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 100 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

150 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (4%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 166 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted150
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here12
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code166

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Crtj Shunt Lmbr Sarach-Prtl-Pleural/Oth W/Lam.

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, “Placement of a spinal fluid drainage shunt with bone removal (CPT 63740) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63740-placement-of-a-spinal-fluid-drainage-shunt-with-bone-removal