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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Michigan 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?

$11,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,148 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $501 to $13,183Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 7th of 51

$11,463

$2,951 physician + $8,511 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.