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Mid-Back Vertebral Body Removal Through the Chest

Utah 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?

$3,162

Typical facility fee. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,692 to $4,169.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,365
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,388professional $3,020

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Utah 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.

Utah $3,162 · 34th 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.