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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Arkansas 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?

$3,267

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,267 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$2,291 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$427 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,089Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$3,267

$2,754 physician + $513 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.