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Spinal Cord Growth Removal, Neck

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 63304

Removal of a growth from inside the membrane that surrounds the spinal cord, at the level of the neck. To reach it, the surgeon removes part or all of one vertebral body, and the membrane is opened and then repaired.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Cord Growth Removal, Neck cost?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,754$2,291 to $2,951
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,754 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,248
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $2,754

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$2,754

CA $7,586OK $2,089

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.