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Removal Of Rib Segment To Reach The Spine

Florida rates for HCPCS 21610

Back surgery that removes part of a rib along with the bony projection of the vertebra it attaches to, opening a corridor to the front and side of the spine. Through that corridor the surgeon can drain an infection, take a biopsy, or clear diseased tissue. The muscles are then closed back over the area.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Rib Segment To Reach The Spine cost?

$7,540

Typical total for the visit. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,096 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,239 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,089
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 5th of 50

$7,540

$1,230 physician + $6,310 facility

IN $10,535MD $2,110

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.