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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Michigan 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?

$9,317

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,317 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$2,399$1,995 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$1,023 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,715Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,399

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,454.71
12 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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 8th of 51

$9,317

$2,399 physician + $6,918 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.