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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Florida 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?

$3,840

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,840 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,349 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$589 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $437 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $1,549

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$3,840

$1,549 physician + $2,291 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.