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Removal Of A Vertebral Body At Another Level

New Mexico 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?

$1,155

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,155 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$447$372 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$562 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,913Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $263 to $562
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $708professional $447

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
$295.12
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
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
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 42nd of 51

$1,155

$447 physician + $708 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.