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Lumbar discectomy in Alabama: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 24 Alabama hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 63030

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Usa Health Children'S & Women'S Hospital Mobile$3,2840.5×12026-04-30
Usa Health University Hospital Mobile$3,4640.5×12026-04-30
North Alabama Shoals Hospital Muscle Shoals$6,3391.0×22026-07-23
Uab Medical West Bessemer$6,8031.0×32026-06-22
North Alabama Medical Center Florence$6,8181.1×12026-07-23
Flowers Hospital Dothan$7,0471.1×32026-04-01
Hale County Hospital Greensboro$7,8331.2×22026-04-01
Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden$8,1351.3×52026-04-01
Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville$8,1771.2×42026-01-01
Prattville Baptist Hospital Prattville$8,4341.3×32025-12-30
Grandview Medical Center Birmingham$8,4401.3×32026-04-01
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre$9,2561.5×42025-11-19
East Alabama Medical Center Opelika$12,7382.0×52026-01-01

MS-DRG 520

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus Selma$10,0091.1×12026-04-01
Usa Health Providence Hospital Mobile$11,2761.2×52026-04-01
Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan$12,1581.3×22026-03-10
Cullman Regional Medical Center Cullman$12,1691.3×32026-01-19
Uab Medical West Bessemer$12,5121.3×22026-06-22
North Alabama Shoals Hospital Muscle Shoals$12,6981.4×12026-07-23
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre$13,5531.5×32025-11-19
Hale County Hospital Greensboro$13,5621.4×22026-04-01
Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville$13,7381.4×42026-01-01
University Of Alabama Hospital Birmingham$14,7621.5×32026-02-19
Flowers Hospital Dothan$14,8681.6×12026-04-01
Grandview Medical Center Birmingham$15,1561.6×22026-04-01
St Vincent'S Chilton Clanton$15,6881.6×52026-04-20
St Vincent'S East Birmingham$16,1041.7×62026-04-20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden$17,2841.9×32026-04-01
St Vincent'S Birmingham Birmingham$17,5711.8×62026-04-20
Usa Health University Hospital Mobile$17,7251.9×12026-04-30
St Vincent'S St Clair Pell City$19,6482.0×52026-04-20
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc Montgomery$25,4802.7×112026-09-23
Jackson Medical Center Jackson$25,4802.8×112026-09-23
Prattville Baptist Hospital Prattville$34,1243.6×12025-12-30

MS-DRG 519

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus Selma$13,4011.1×12026-04-01
Uab Medical West Bessemer$15,8631.2×22026-06-22
Cullman Regional Medical Center Cullman$16,2931.3×32026-01-19
Usa Health Providence Hospital Mobile$16,4861.3×42026-04-01
Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan$16,7261.4×22026-03-10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital Muscle Shoals$17,0021.4×12026-07-23
Hale County Hospital Greensboro$17,6721.4×22026-04-01
Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville$18,2721.4×42026-01-01
University Of Alabama Hospital Birmingham$18,6231.4×32026-02-19
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre$18,6471.5×32025-11-19
Flowers Hospital Dothan$19,9071.6×12026-04-01
Grandview Medical Center Birmingham$20,2921.6×22026-04-01
St Vincent'S Chilton Clanton$21,0041.6×52026-04-20
St Vincent'S East Birmingham$21,5621.7×62026-04-20
Usa Health University Hospital Mobile$21,8831.7×12026-04-30
Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden$21,9541.8×32026-04-01
St Vincent'S Birmingham Birmingham$23,5261.8×62026-04-20
St Vincent'S St Clair Pell City$26,3062.0×52026-04-20
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc Montgomery$30,8252.5×112026-09-23
Jackson Medical Center Jackson$30,8252.5×112026-09-23
North Alabama Medical Center Florence$36,5963.0×12026-07-23
Prattville Baptist Hospital Prattville$46,9503.7×12025-12-30

Questions

How much do insurers pay for lumbar discectomy in Alabama?

24 Alabama hospitals post usable commercial rates for lumbar discectomy in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 63030, hospital outpatient, the median across 13 hospitals is $7,833, 1.2× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.