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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 63085

Removal of part or all of a vertebral body in the mid-back, reached through the chest, to take pressure off the spinal cord or the nerve roots leaving it. It is used when bone, a growth, an infection, or a collapsed vertebra is pressing on the cord from the front. This covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest cost?

$7,877

Typical total for the visit. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,877 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$3,090$2,692 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,202 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $676 to $25,704Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $5,012
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $3,090

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
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
6 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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 14.0 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$7,877

$3,090 physician + $4,786 facility

ME $34,704TX $2,477

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.