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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

New York 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?

$8,187

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$2,291 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,138 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $2,692

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$38,018.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
15 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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$630.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where New York 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

New York· 10th of 51

$8,187

$2,692 physician + $5,495 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.