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Disc Removal Through The Chest, Mid-Back, Extra Level

Michigan rates for HCPCS 63078

Removal of a damaged disc in the mid-back, reached from the front of the spine by working through the chest cavity between the ribs rather than through an incision in the back. Pressure is taken off the spinal cord or nerve roots and any bone spurs are trimmed away. This covers each further disc level treated during the same operation, billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Disc Removal Through The Chest, Mid-Back, Extra Level cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $741 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$209 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$603 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,549Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $69 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $257

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$257

AK $832UT $162

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.