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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Colorado rates for HCPCS 63102

Removal of part or all of a vertebral body at one level of the back, taking pressure off the spinal cord and the nerve roots leaving it. It is used when bone, a tumor, an infection, or a collapsed vertebra is pressing on the cord from the front. Restoring support to the spine where the bone was taken out is handled as a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord cost?

$16,345

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16,345 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $13,183 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,162$2,570 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$13,183$2,884 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $21,380Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $13,183professional $3,162

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
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
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
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$16,345

$3,162 physician + $13,183 facility

ME $35,114TX $2,545

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.