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Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain

Vermont rates for HCPCS 63600

A needle is guided through the skin into a precise target in the spinal cord using imaging, and a small area of nerve tissue is deliberately destroyed to interrupt pain signals traveling to the brain. Electrical stimulation and recording through the same needle confirm the position before the lesion is made. It is reserved for severe pain that has not responded to other treatment, most often pain from advanced cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destroying A Small Area Of Spinal Cord For Pain cost?

$1,380

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $1,514.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,138Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $1,380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Vermont· 23rd of 51

$1,380

AK $4,467TX $759

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.