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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Massachusetts 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?

$4,724

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,724 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$2,291 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$794 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,715Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $12,589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $2,818

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,128.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
7 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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$4,724

$2,818 physician + $1,905 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.