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Vertebral Body Removal In The Mid-Back

South 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?

$3,413

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,413 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$2,291$759 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$603 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,236
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $2,291

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
$2,691.53
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44

Where South 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

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$3,413

$2,291 physician + $1,122 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.