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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

New Hampshire 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?

$11,393

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$3,631$3,162 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$891 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,762professional $3,631

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$34,673.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,606.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,884.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,754.40
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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 8th of 51

$11,393

$3,631 physician + $7,762 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.