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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Iowa 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?

$6,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$3,548$2,512 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,862 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $3,548

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
$2,511.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,882.50
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$6,568

$3,548 physician + $3,020 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.