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Removal of a Vertebral Body to Reach a Growth

Missouri rates for HCPCS 63302

Removes part or all of a vertebral body — the solid block at the front of a spine bone — in order to reach and take out an abnormal growth that is pressing on the spinal cord or nerve roots. The spine is reconstructed afterwards so it can carry weight again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Vertebral Body to Reach a Growth cost?

$6,556

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,556 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$2,754$2,344 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,288 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $631 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $6,918
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $2,754

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
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
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
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$6,556

$2,754 physician + $3,802 facility

ME $34,990TX $2,527

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.