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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Mississippi 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?

$4,693

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,138 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $6,761
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $3,802

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$4,693

$3,802 physician + $891 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.