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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Rhode Island 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?

$4,021

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$2,570 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$575 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $2,818

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
3 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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 42nd of 51

$4,021

$2,818 physician + $1,202 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.