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Removal Of A Vertebral Body At Another Level

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 63308

Removes the body of one more vertebra when a growth inside or around the spinal canal extends across more than one level of the spine. It applies to the extra level only and is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Vertebral Body At Another Level cost?

$1,243

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,243 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$282 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$389 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $263 to $7,586Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $263 to $525
$100$1K$10Kfacility $912professional $331

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
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
5 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
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 24.1 times more in Alabama than in Delaware. 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

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$1,243

$331 physician + $912 facility

AL $19,512DE $810

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.