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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

North Dakota 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?

$6,655

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,655 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$3,802 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,660 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,715Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $4,467

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
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 21st of 51

$6,655

$4,467 physician + $2,188 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.