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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Hawaii 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?

$2,884

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $3,162.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $3,388
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,388.44
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Hawaii· 23rd of 51

$2,884

AK $9,333TX $427

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.