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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Michigan 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?

$11,730

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,730 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$3,020$2,512 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$1,148 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $501 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $3,548
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $3,020

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
12 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
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 7th of 51

$11,730

$3,020 physician + $8,710 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.