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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Montana 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?

$6,181

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,181 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$3,090$1,995 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$2,754 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $3,388Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $85 to $3,311
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Montana 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

Montana· 21st of 51

$6,181

$3,090 physician + $3,090 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.