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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

Nebraska 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?

$8,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$4,786$3,631 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$676 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $537 to $17,378Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $16,596
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $4,786

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
$2,041.74
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$32,359.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 14th of 51

$8,254

$4,786 physician + $3,467 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.