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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 July 2026.

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

$7,079

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,079 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,236 to $11,749.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $16,218
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,079

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$19,054.61
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where New York 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.

New York $7,079 · 13th 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.