Lumbar discectomy cost in Minneapolis, MN
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level: from $2,209.55 to $5,387.98, with a median of $3,054.94. The lowest listed price is at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital — $845.39 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $5,387.98 at 9 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 63030, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 6, 2026 and May 7, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital lowest Edina, MN · (952) 924-5000 PR LAMNOTMY INCL W/DCMPRSN NRV ROOT 1 INTRSPC LUMBR | $2,209.55 | $3,524.00 | $603.42–$4,195.73 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN · (763) 520-5200 LAMNOTMY INCL W/DCMPRSN NRV ROOT 1 INTRSPC LUMBR | $2,611.87 | $4,062.00 | $641.25–$3,799.36 | 36% | — source file |
| Childrens Health Care one side Minneapolis, MN · (612) 813-6112 63030 Laminotomy DecNrv Rt PartFF 1 InterspLum | $3,498.00 | $3,498.00 | $160.60–$3,498.00 | — | May 7, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park, MN Low Back Disk Surgery | $5,387.98 | $20,723.00 | $3,083.00–$15,542.25 | 74% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,209.55, median $3,054.94, highest $5,387.98 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,611.87. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This lower-back surgery removes part of the bone (lamina) and, when needed, a herniated piece of disc to take pressure off a nerve root at one spinal level. It is often called a microdiscectomy and is done for leg pain (sciatica) that does not improve with other treatment.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and recovery. The surgeon, anesthesia and any overnight stay are usually billed separately.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 63030 ($7,418.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MNAS LAMINOTOMY,LUMBAR DISK,1 INTRSP | $29.85 | file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS LAMINOTOMY,LUMBAR DISK,1 INTRSP | $75.88 | file |
| M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis, MNAS LAMINOTOMY,LUMBAR DISK,1 INTRSP | $99.07 | file |