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Removal Of A Vertebra To Reach A Spinal Growth

Alabama rates for HCPCS 63305

Surgery that removes part or all of a vertebral body so the surgeon can reach and take out a growth or other abnormal tissue inside the spinal canal that is pressing on the spinal cord. The spine is approached from the front or the side, and the work covers a single level.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Vertebra To Reach A Spinal Growth cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 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 4 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$2,570$2,239 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,288 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $813 to $25,704Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $2,570

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 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.

Alabama· 47th of 51

$2,570

CA $7,586OK $2,239

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.