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Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 63700

Closes a fluid-filled sac that pushes out through a gap in the back of the spine. The sac is formed by the coverings of the spinal cord and the fluid within them; it is opened, the excess covering is trimmed, and the layers of covering, muscle, and skin are closed over the spinal canal. This is the operation for a smaller defect.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of Small Spinal Fluid Sac Defect cost?

$10,098

Typical total for the visit. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$1,479 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,012 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,623
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $2,512

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,332.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$70.79
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 7.5 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Wisconsin· 5th of 50

$10,098

$2,512 physician + $7,586 facility

ME $13,852MD $1,848

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.