Lumbar laminectomy cost in Pittsburgh, PA
In Pittsburgh, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level: from $846.45 to $4,371.00, with a median of $2,608.73. The lowest listed price is at West Penn Hospital — $1,762.28 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $11,585.28 at 10 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 63047, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Pittsburgh, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Penn Hospital lowest Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 578-5000 PR LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $846.45 | $3,135.00 | $159.86–$24,114.47 | 73% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA · (724) 430-5000 PARTIAL REMOVAL OF SPINE BONE WITH RELEASE OF LOWER SPINAL CORD AND/OR NERVES; 1 SEGMENT | $4,371.00 | $8,742.00 | $171.55–$16,387.22 | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $846.45, median $2,608.73, highest $4,371.00 — a 5.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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
A lumbar laminectomy removes bone and tissue pressing on the spinal nerves in the lower back, to treat spinal stenosis.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 63047 ($8,453.60). 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.
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PAPR LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $595.65 | file |
| AHN Wexford Hospital Wexford, PAPR LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $815.10 | file |