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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Maine 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?

$35,114

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35,114 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $32,359 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$2,754$2,630 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$32,359$25,704 to $33,113

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32,359 · 10th to 90th $776 to $33,113Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $32,359professional $2,754

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,703.96
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,884.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
12 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
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Maine 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

Maine· 1st of 51

$35,114

$2,754 physician + $32,359 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.