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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Missouri 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?

$6,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$3,715$1,259 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $631 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $7,943
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,548.13
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
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$6,667

$2,951 physician + $3,715 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.