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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Georgia 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?

$4,785

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$3,236$2,692 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$661 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,482Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,026
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $3,236

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 29th of 51

$4,785

$3,236 physician + $1,549 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.