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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$1,950$1,905 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,631
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,950

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,981.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,949.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
11 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
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,744

$1,950 physician + $794 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.