Spinal decompression treatment

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Vertebral axial decompressio

Payers reporting HCPCS S9090

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$92

Median

$37

High

$603

Payer rate distribution

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1	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	90	$665	$627	$221	35%	—	$0 – $1.1k
2	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	30	$660	$605	$222	37%	—	$194 – $1.1k
3	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +5 other terms	29	$27	$27	$7	26%	—	$19 – $48
4	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	24	$24	$43	$37	87%	—	$18 – $182
5	UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +7 other terms	18	$28	$30	$8	27%	—	$19 – $49
6	Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	15	$28	$31	$7	23%	—	$19 – $48
7	Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	15	$29	$31	$7	23%	—	$19 – $49
8	Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	13	$4	$16	$44	279%	—	$4 – $206
9	Optum facility · case rate · outpatient	13	$25	$27	$7	26%	—	$18 – $43
10	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	13	$19	$25	$41	161%	—	$18 – $275
11	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	9	$18	$28	$11	39%	—	$18 – $40
12	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	8	$52	$52	$0	1%	—	$51 – $52
13	Medicaid fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	8	$18	$18	$1	5%	—	$17 – $20
14	Phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	8	$118	$118	—	—	—	$118 – $118
15	WellCare fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	8	$18	$18	$0	1%	—	$18 – $19
16	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +2 other terms	7	$19	$19	—	—	—	$19 – $19
17	Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	7	$21	$21	$1	3%	—	$21 – $23
18	Bcbs Ks fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	3	$43	$45	$3	6%	—	$43 – $49
19	First Health professional · fee schedule · both	3	$20	$20	—	—	—	$20 – $20
20	Highmark professional · fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	3	$19	$19	—	—	—	$19 – $19
21	Medica percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	2	$28	$28	—	—	—	$28 – $28
22	Medicare percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	2	$32	$32	$5	15%	—	$28 – $37
23	Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both	1	$275	$275	—	—	—	$275 – $275
24	Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
25	Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient	1	$16	$16	—	—	—	$16 – $16

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