How much does lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level cost in Ohio?
CPT 63030 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
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63030 Lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level
Market typical price
$8,258
84 facilities · typical range $6,865 – $18,211 · 1.2× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$8,258
Medicare $7,144
$1,289 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $54,313
What Medicare paysⓘ
$7,144
Market typical
$8,258
Cash / self-pay price
$21,712
Prices near you — 84 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $1,289negotiated | 0.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) | Hospital | $2,053cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $2,259cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $2,642cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $3,120cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $3,120cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $3,120cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $4,254cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $4,648negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $6,217negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $6,601negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $6,623negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $6,623negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $6,623negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $6,820negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $6,821negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $6,843negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $6,843negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $6,865negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $6,934negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $6,934negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $6,963negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $6,998negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $6,998negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $7,019negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $7,067negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $7,067negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $7,208negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $7,413negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $7,482negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $7,526negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $7,861cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $8,175negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $8,341negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $8,358cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $8,532negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $9,193negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $9,317negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $10,297negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $10,297negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $10,606negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $10,607negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $11,156negotiated | 1.6× | — |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $11,746negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $11,746negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $13,382negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $13,601cash | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $13,730negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $16,444negotiated | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $18,211negotiated | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $19,341negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $19,341negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $19,341negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $19,417negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) | Hospital | $20,072cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $20,148cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $21,712cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $22,000cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $22,719cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $24,763cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $25,120cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $26,769cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $27,169cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $33,482cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) gross charge | Hospital | $36,891cash | 5.2× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $39,911cash | 5.6× | — |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) gross charge | Hospital | $42,185cash | 5.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) gross charge | Hospital | $46,436cash | 6.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) gross charge | Hospital | $54,313cash | 7.6× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 6 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 63030 cost in Ohio?
For lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level (CPT 63030) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $8,258, with hospitals ranging from $6,865 to $18,211 across 84 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $7,144, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level (CPT 63030) in Ohio is around $8,258, with hospital prices ranging from $6,865 to $18,211 across 84 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 63030?
Medicare pays about $7,144 for lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level (CPT 63030). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of lumbar discectomy (laminotomy), 1 level?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.