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Upper Back Cordotomy, One Side, Single Operation

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

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

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,715$2,692 to $4,571
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$2,692 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,761Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $6,310
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $3,715

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,623.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 281.8 times more in New York 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 39

$3,631

NY $8,511SC $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.