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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 October 2026.

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

$5,773

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,773 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,571$3,388 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,890Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $4,571

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,218.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$5,773

$4,571 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.