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Removal Of A Vertebral Body, Further Level

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 63086

Removes the body of a vertebra, the thick block of bone at the front of a spinal segment, in order to take pressure off the spinal cord and the nerve roots leaving it. This covers each further level of the spine dealt with during the same operation, in addition to the first.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Vertebral Body, Further Level cost?

$640

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $640 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$331$182 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$275 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $214 to $4,365Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $148 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $331

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 23.9 times more in Florida than in West Virginia. 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· 43rd of 50

$640

$331 physician + $309 facility

FL $8,909WV $373

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.