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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Illinois 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?

$4,729

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,729 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$2,951$2,455 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $525 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,467
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $2,951

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$63,095.73
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 51

$4,729

$2,951 physician + $1,778 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.