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Upper Back Cordotomy, One Side, Single Operation

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 63195

Surgery for severe pain that has not responded to other treatment. Part of the bony arch of a vertebra in the chest section of the spine is removed to reach the spinal cord, and the pain-carrying pathway is cut on one side of the cord, relieving pain on the opposite side of the body. It is completed in a single operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Back Cordotomy, One Side, Single Operation cost?

$7,762

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7,762 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7,762$7,762 to $7,762
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,754 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $5,248Professionalmedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $7,762 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,677professional $7,762

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
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,606.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 380.2 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

Massachusetts· 3rd of 44

$7,762

CA $11,482SC $30.20

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.