Lumbar laminectomy cost in Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, 27 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level: from $3,290.24 to $13,903.06, with a median of $12,173.85. The lowest price is at Fort Memorial Hospital (Fort Atkinson). The highest price is 4.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $12,173.85, is 25% above the US median of $9,757.20.
- Wisconsin ranks 15th of 28 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 63047. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3,290.24Fort Memorial Hospital
Median$12,173.85half of hospitals charge less
Highest$13,903.06in Wisconsin
Lowest saves$8,883.61vs the median
Hospitals in Wisconsin, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Memorial Hospital lowest Fort Atkinson · Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $3,290.24 | $10,282.00 | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin Berlin · Berlin, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton · Appleton, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton · Appleton, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 7, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Fond Du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-New London New London · New London, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano Shawano · Shawano, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Waupaca Waupaca · Waupaca, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Wild Rose Wild Rose · Wild Rose, WI LAM FACETECTOMY & FORAMOTOMY 1 VRT SGM LUMBAR | $5,278.00 | $9,425.00 | Aug 8, 2026 source file |
| Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville · Janesville-Beloit, WI HC PBB LAMINEC/FACETECT/FORAMIN,LUMBAR | $5,560.04 | $7,413.38 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie Du Sac · Baraboo, WI LAM FACETEC & FORAMOT LUMBAR | $7,160.78 | $13,091.00 | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage · Madison, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Eagle River Hospital Eagle River · Eagle River, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo · Antigo, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Medford Hospital Medford · Medford, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill · Merrill, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander · Rhinelander, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley · Eau Claire, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau · Wausau, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff · Woodruff, WI Fac Removal of Spinal Lamina | $12,173.85 | $18,729.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Altoona · Eau Claire, WI PARTIAL REMOVAL OF SPINE BONE WITH RELEASE OF LOWER SPINAL CORD AND/OR NERVES; 1 SEGMENT | $13,903.06 | $15,447.84 | Feb 19, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton, WI | 2 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 2 | $12,173.85 | $13,038.46 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 2 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 2 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Antigo, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Berlin, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Baraboo, WI | 1 | $7,160.78 | $7,160.78 |
| Eagle River, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | 1 | $5,560.04 | $5,560.04 |
| Medford, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Merrill, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| New London, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Rhinelander, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Shawano, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Tomahawk, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Waupaca, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Wild Rose, WI | 1 | $5,278.00 | $5,278.00 |
| Woodruff, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 1 | $3,290.24 | $3,290.24 |
| Wausau, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
| Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 1 | $12,173.85 | $12,173.85 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What lumbar laminectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar laminectomy explained.
Lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level in other states
- Alabama$15,020.23
- Alaska$16,690.00, 1 hospital
- Arizona$19,291.24, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$4,808.63
- California$21,968.80
- Colorado$13,621.56
- Connecticut$7,370.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$2,939.98, 1 hospital
- Florida$13,650.48
- Georgia$13,767.00
- Hawaii$7,964.83, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$12,558.00
- Illinois$8,045.23
- Indiana$14,540.19
- Iowa$3,135.00
- Kansas$9,907.25
- Kentucky$22,380.64, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$8,158.52
- Massachusetts$8,662.64, 2 hospitals
- Michigan$10,513.59
- Minnesota$5,435.10
- Mississippi$11,467.12
- Missouri$17,449.56
- Montana$4,288.07
- Nebraska$6,547.20, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$7,892.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$4,958.71, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$7,907.11
- New Mexico$6,678.10, 3 hospitals
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$7,849.98, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$6,029.85, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$33,142.80
- Oklahoma$12,464.46
- Oregon$12,879.75, 1 hospital
- Pennsylvania$14,037.00
- Puerto Rico$2,237.90, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$8,118.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$24,893.42, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$7,774.01, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$12,237.97
- Texas$8,860.54
- Vermont$16,639.89, 1 hospital
- Virginia$34,040.02
- Washington$9,153.74
- West Virginia$9,566.67
- Wyoming$4,421.49, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.