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Removing A Neck Vertebra Body To Free The Cord

Georgia rates for HCPCS 63081

Removes the main block-shaped body of one bone in the neck portion of the spine, working through an incision at the front of the neck, to take pressure off the spinal cord and nerve roots. Bone spurs, disc material, and other tissue pressing on the nerves are cleared away. It is done for compression causing pain, numbness, weakness, or trouble with balance and hand use.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing A Neck Vertebra Body To Free The Cord cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,162 to $10,000.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,248
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,512

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$24,547.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,677.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 588.8 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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.

Georgia· 23rd of 50

$5,370

ME $26,915WV $45.71

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.