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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Georgia 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?

$4,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$2,570$2,138 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$661 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $513 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,549professional $2,570

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,715.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,011.87
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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$4,119

$2,570 physician + $1,549 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.