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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

New York 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?

$7,683

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,683 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,188$1,950 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$2,138 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $2,188

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
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,709.64
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$38,018.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
14 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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$758.58
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$645.65
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where New York 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

New York· 16th of 51

$7,683

$2,188 physician + $5,495 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.