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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Oregon 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 July 2026.

How much does Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,802 to $4,571.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $5,754Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $5,370
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

Oregon· 22nd of 50

$4,365

ME $26,915WY $1,288

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.