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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Oregon 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?

$7,179

Typical total for the visit. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,548$2,630 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,754 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $5,248Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,129
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $3,631professional $3,548

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
$5,128.61
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
12 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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 15th of 51

$7,179

$3,548 physician + $3,631 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.