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Stereotactic Biopsy of Spinal Cord Lesion

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 63615

A procedure that uses precise three-dimensional targeting (stereotactic guidance) to take a tissue sample from an abnormal area of the spinal cord. The same service covers draining or removing the abnormal tissue this way.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stereotactic Biopsy of Spinal Cord Lesion cost?

$3,090

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 3 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$2,951$2,399 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$3,090 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $4,571
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $2,951

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 446.7 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 35

$3,090

CA $11,220MS $25.12

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.