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Lumbar discectomy cost in Colorado without insurance

In Colorado, the median cash price for Lumbar discectomy is $12,042.96 across 5 hospitals, from $8,044.40 to $18,219.00. The lowest is at Community Hospital (Grand Junction). The US median is $9,702.00.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

A lumbar discectomy removes the part of a herniated disc that presses on a nerve, usually at L4-L5 or L5-S1, and is the most common back surgery. It is often a same-day or overnight procedure. A laminectomy for spinal stenosis costs about the same; a spinal fusion, with implants and a longer stay, costs much more. Many people improve with physical therapy, injections and time, so surgery is usually a later step.

Collected Sep 29, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Lumbar discectomy prices in Colorado by type

63030 is a lumbar discectomy (laminotomy) at one level and is used in the state table; 63047 is a lumbar laminectomy for spinal stenosis; 22551 is a neck fusion (ACDF); and 22612 is a lumbar fusion, which has its own page.

ProcedureHospitalsRangeMedianUS median
Lumbar discectomy Lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level · code 63030 5 $8,044.40–$18,219.00 $12,042.96 $9,702.00
Lumbar laminectomy Lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level · code 63047 5 $7,626.00–$13,621.56 $13,621.56 $9,816.37
ACDF (neck fusion) Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), one level · code 22551 4 $2,789.23–$19,136.53 $19,136.53 $13,964.00
Lumbar fusion Lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level · code 22612 4 $13,830.33–$19,511.28 $19,511.28 $17,527.00
Procedure The service and its billing code (CPT or HCPCS). Opens the comparison of every hospital that prices it. More
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Middle 80% Cash prices of most hospitals: a tenth of hospitals charge less than the first number (P10), a tenth charge more than the second (P90). More
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
US median The median cash price across all US hospitals that publish one for this code.

Outpatient cash prices in Colorado. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

Lowest Lumbar discectomy prices in Colorado

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for a bundled self-pay price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia, facility and follow-up visits; hospital file prices usually cover only the facility.
  • Ask whether screws, rods, cages and bone graft are included, since implants can be a large part of the price.
  • Consider a second opinion before a fusion.