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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

North Carolina 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?

$4,259

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,259 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$3,236$2,399 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,586Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,677
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $3,236

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
11 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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$630.96

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$4,259

$3,236 physician + $1,023 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.