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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Iowa 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?

$7,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$4,467$3,388 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,862 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,457
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $4,467

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
$3,162.28
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$7,934

$4,467 physician + $3,467 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.