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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Idaho 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?

$6,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,169 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,169$3,548 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$676 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,913Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $5,370
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $4,169

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,137.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
21 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
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 23rd of 51

$6,119

$4,169 physician + $1,950 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.