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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63101

Removes the body of a vertebra in the mid-back, reaching it from the side of the spine, to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots. It is used when a tumor, an infection, or bone pushed backward by a fracture is pressing on the cord from the front.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back cost?

$19,783

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $9,550 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$9,550$6,026 to $9,550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $10,715
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,233professional $9,550

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
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.4 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$19,783

$9,550 physician + $10,233 facility

ME $35,178WA $2,843

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.