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Lumbar discectomy in Massachusetts: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 13 Massachusetts hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 63030

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
South Shore Hospital South Weymouth$5,6970.7×22026-04-01
Beverly Hospital Corporation Beverly$7,0120.8×32026-04-01
Emerson Hospital - W Concord$8,4731.0×12026-05-18
New England Baptist Hospital Boston$9,0121.0×32026-04-01
Winchester Hospital Winchester$9,1381.1×32026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth$10,9301.3×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham$10,9761.3×12026-04-01
Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge$11,1321.3×12026-04-01
Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport$11,5021.3×22026-04-01
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington$12,5861.4×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston$13,6611.6×12026-04-01

MS-DRG 520

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Emerson Hospital - W Concord$10,5940.8×12026-05-18
Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport$11,2220.9×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham$11,5540.9×22026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth$12,7371.0×12026-04-01
Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge$13,2311.0×12026-04-01
Beverly Hospital Corporation Beverly$13,8191.1×12026-04-01
Winchester Hospital Winchester$13,8191.1×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston$14,8761.1×22026-04-01
New England Baptist Hospital Boston$15,9251.2×32026-04-01
Lowell General Hospital Lowell$18,6301.4×12026-04-01
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington$21,7741.7×42026-04-01
Tufts Medical Center Boston$30,1892.3×32026-04-01

MS-DRG 519

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport$15,0260.9×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth$17,0541.0×12026-04-01
Beverly Hospital Corporation Beverly$18,5021.1×12026-04-01
Winchester Hospital Winchester$18,5021.1×12026-04-01
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston$19,9181.1×22026-04-01
New England Baptist Hospital Boston$21,3221.2×32026-04-01
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington$29,1531.7×42026-04-01

Questions

How much do insurers pay for lumbar discectomy in Massachusetts?

13 Massachusetts hospitals post usable commercial rates for lumbar discectomy in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 63030, hospital outpatient, the median across 11 hospitals is $10,930, 1.3× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.