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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 October 2026.

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

$1,122

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$363$302 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$251 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,202Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $209 to $501
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $363

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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· 32nd of 51

$1,122

$363 physician + $759 facility

AL $19,324MT $597

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.