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Vertebral Body Removal to Reach a Spinal Growth

Mississippi 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?

$3,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,020$1,698 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$562 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,248
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $912professional $3,020

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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89
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
$831.76
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 34th of 51

$3,932

$3,020 physician + $912 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.