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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Indiana 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?

$14,777

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,589 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,778 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,589$2,570 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,589 · 10th to 90th $912 to $30,903Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,589professional $2,188

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$32,359.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,011.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$14,777

$2,188 physician + $12,589 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.