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Closing a Spinal Defect Containing Nerve Tissue

Maryland rates for HCPCS 63704

Surgery on a newborn to close a sac that protrudes through a gap in the spine and contains spinal cord or nerve tissue along with fluid. The surgeon frees the exposed nerve tissue, returns it into the spinal canal, and closes the coverings, muscle, and skin over it to protect it from injury and infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closing a Spinal Defect Containing Nerve Tissue cost?

$1,738

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $1,950.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,585Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $1,738

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in California than in Oklahoma. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$1,738

CA $6,918OK $1,549

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.