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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

North Carolina 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?

$5,490

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,490 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$4,467$3,020 to $4,786
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$575 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,244Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,495
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,023professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,495.41
11 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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 27th of 51

$5,490

$4,467 physician + $1,023 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.