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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Illinois 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?

$4,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$2,291$1,950 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $525 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,631
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $2,291

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$50,118.72
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,918.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$4,029

$2,291 physician + $1,738 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.