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Removal of an Abnormal Vessel Tangle in the Mid-Spine

Texas rates for HCPCS 63251

Open surgery on the spine in the mid-back in which part of the bony arch of the vertebrae is removed to reach an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins involving the spinal cord. The tangle is taken out, or its feeding vessels are closed off, so it can no longer bleed or divert blood away from the cord.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of an Abnormal Vessel Tangle in the Mid-Spine cost?

$7,027

Typical total for the visit. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,311$2,818 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,512 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $3,311

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$18,197.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Texas· 40th of 50

$7,027

$3,311 physician + $3,715 facility

ME $30,546MD $3,630

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.