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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Texas 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,138 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,803.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 34th of 50

$3,548

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.