What is the cost of Back Surgery? The cost of each procedure can vary dramatically based upon age, location, gender, and insurance coverage. HealthGrades provides detailed cost estimates which include the costs of the procedure, drugs, hospital stay, and more. Each cost estimate is easy to understand and provides medical terms you need to know.

The detailed cost estimate for Back Surgery, Low back pain, herniated disc, sciatica, spinal fracture, spinal infection, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, spinal tumor includes costs for:

• Implantation, revision or repositioning of a catheter for long-term medication administration via external pump with laminectomy
• Removal of part of a vertebra to relieve pressure on the nerve root(s) in the upper, middle or lower back (thoracic, lumbar and cervical)
• Removal of part of a vertebra to relieve pressure on nerves in the back, and/or removal of a herniated disk
• Removal of part of a vertebra and all or part of a herniated disk
• Removal of part of a vertebra in the upper, middle or lower back
• Removal of disk to relieve pressure on spinal cord and/or nerve root(s)
• Removal of part of a vertebra and incision of ligaments
• Removal of part of a vertebra and incision of nerves in the spinal cord
• and Removal of an area of damaged tissue on a vertebra.