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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Iowa 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?

$7,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$3,715$2,818 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $3,715

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
$2,630.27
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$7,027

$3,715 physician + $3,311 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.