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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

South 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 July 2026.

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

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $5,012Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $4,898
$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $3,890

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 29th of 50

$3,802

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.