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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

New Jersey 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?

$4,360

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,360 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$2,455$2,089 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$977 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $380 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,455

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 38th of 51

$4,360

$2,455 physician + $1,905 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.