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Front Approach Disc Removal in the Mid-Back

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 63077

Removes a damaged disc at the front of the mid-back part of the spine to take pressure off the spinal cord and nerve roots, along with any bony spurs pressing on them. The spine is reached from the front, through the chest, and the work is done at one level between two vertebrae.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Front Approach Disc Removal in the Mid-Back cost?

$4,016

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,016 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,570$1,445 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,445 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $2,570

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Maine 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

North Dakota· 41st of 50

$4,016

$2,570 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $28,614MD $2,053

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.