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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Texas 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?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,236

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas 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.

Texas $3,236 · 32nd 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.