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Spinal Cord Surgery To Cut Pain Pathways On Both Sides

Vermont rates for HCPCS 63197

Surgery to relieve severe pain that medicine can no longer control, most often from advanced cancer. Bone at the back of the spine in the mid-back is removed so the surgeon can reach the spinal cord and divide the pain-carrying pathways on both sides, all in a single operation. Because both pathways are cut, relief is felt on both sides of the body below the level treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Cord Surgery To Cut Pain Pathways On Both Sides cost?

$2,138

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $2,344.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,230Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $2,138

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Vermont· 27th of 51

$2,138

AK $7,079TX $1,175

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.