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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Ohio 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?

$7,154

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$457 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,148 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $501 to $23,442Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,905

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
$2,041.74
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
9 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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 18th of 51

$7,154

$1,905 physician + $5,248 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.