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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

North Dakota 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?

$5,577

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,577 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$3,715$3,236 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,660 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,090Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,898
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $3,715

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
1 more rate 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 22nd of 51

$5,577

$3,715 physician + $1,862 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.