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Neck Spine Surgery For A Mass Outside The Cord Lining

Montana rates for HCPCS 63265

Removes part of the bony arch at the back of a vertebra in the neck to reach and take out an abnormal mass sitting outside the tough membrane that wraps the spinal cord, such as a cyst or a collection of blood. Taking the mass out relieves the pressure it was putting on the spinal cord and the nerves leaving it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Neck Spine Surgery For A Mass Outside The Cord Lining cost?

$5,510

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,778 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$2,754 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $5,888Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $2,692

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Montana· 43rd of 51

$5,510

$2,692 physician + $2,818 facility

CO $15,780KY $3,400

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.