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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

South Dakota 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?

$5,004

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$3,090 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,311Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$5,004

$3,802 physician + $1,202 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.