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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $22,387.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $54,954
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $8,913

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$36,307.81
Typical High
$83,176.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 50

$8,913

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.