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Vertebral Body Removal to Free the Spinal Cord

Wyoming 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?

$7,137

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$5,623$4,677 to $7,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $5,623

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 19th of 51

$7,137

$5,623 physician + $1,514 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.