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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Nebraska 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 July 2026.

How much does Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest cost?

$7,943

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,266 to $13,490.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $17,378Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $6,026
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $8,511professional $4,266

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$30,199.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $7,943 · 10th of 50
ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.