Surgery and procedures CPT 63047 Outpatient

Lumbar laminectomy cost in Wausau, WI

In Wausau, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level: from $6,195.80 to $6,195.80, with a median of $6,195.80. Across Wisconsin, the median is $6,195.80 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 63047, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$6,195.80Aspirus Wausau Hospital
Median$6,195.80half pay less
Highest$6,195.80in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Wausau, WI.

median
Lowest $6,195.80Highest $18,260.78
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Wausau Hospital lowest Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR $6,195.80 $9,532.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina $12,173.85 $18,729.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital both sides Wausau, WI · (715) 847-2000 Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $18,260.78 $28,093.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $6,195.80, median $6,195.80, highest $6,195.80.

Both sides : lowest $18,260.78, median $18,260.78, highest $18,260.78.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $6,195.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.