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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 63300

Removal of part or all of a spinal bone in order to reach and take out a growth inside the spinal canal at one level of the spine. Working through the body of the vertebra gives direct access to a mass lying in front of the spinal cord. Restoring support to the spine where the bone was removed is handled as a separate part of the operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth cost?

$15,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$7,413$4,786 to $7,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $8,511
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,511professional $7,413

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.4 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$15,924

$7,413 physician + $8,511 facility

ME $34,547MD $2,395

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.