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Upper Back Cordotomy, Both Sides, Two Operations

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 63199

Surgery for severe pain affecting both sides of the body. 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 first and on the other side at a second operation soon afterwards, rather than both at one sitting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Back Cordotomy, Both Sides, Two Operations cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 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$5,370$4,365 to $6,607
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$5,495 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $5,370 to $15,136Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $8,128
$5K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $5,370

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 44

$5,495

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.