Removal Of A Growth Around The Spinal Cord, Neck

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 63280

Removes the bony arch at the back of the neck vertebrae to reach a growth that sits inside the covering of the spinal cord but outside the cord itself, and takes it out or samples it. Working around rather than into the cord lets the surgeon lift the growth away from it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Growth Around The Spinal Cord, Neck cost?

$10,154

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,154 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

32% physician fee68% facility fee

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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$3,236	$2,399 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,918	$3,236 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $20,893Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $8,511

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,698.24 Median $4,570.88 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,698.24	$4,570.88	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $4,677.35 Median $12,022.64 Typical High $26,302.68	Facility	Global	$4,677.35	$12,022.64	$26,302.68
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,348.96 Median $6,025.60 Typical High $16,595.87	Facility	Global	$1,348.96	$6,025.60	$16,595.87
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $870.96 Median $3,162.28 Typical High $10,000.00	Facility	Global	$870.96	$3,162.28	$10,000.00

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Wisconsin 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

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WI $19,352MD $2,922

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.