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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures

Open removal of a spinal lesion in the mid-back

CPT 63266the billing code this page is about

Bone is removed from the back of the thoracic spine to take out or drain a non-cancerous lesion, such as a cyst or blood collection, located outside the covering of the spinal cord.

Hospitals typically charge $4,874 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 318 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,419. Most fall between $2,598 and $8,693 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
318
States
45
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 318 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,695$2,824$4,874$8,413$13,293

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,695 vs $13,293).

How the prices are spread

$701 – $951: 4 hospitals$701$951 – $1,289: 7 hospitals$1,289 – $1,748: 7 hospitals$1,289$1,748 – $2,371: 12 hospitals$2,371 – $3,215: 53 hospitals$2,371$3,215 – $4,359: 50 hospitals$4,359 – $5,911: 32 hospitals$4,359$5,911 – $8,015: 50 hospitals$8,015 – $10,869: 48 hospitals$8,015$10,869 – $14,738: 26 hospitals$10,869median $4,874price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (289 of 318 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$701$9514
$951$1,2897
$1,289$1,7487
$1,748$2,37112
$2,371$3,21553
$3,215$4,35950
$4,359$5,91132
$5,911$8,01550
$8,015$10,86948
$10,869$14,73826

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$7,413
Median cash price$4,874
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.66×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,874.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $7,700 across 10 hospitalsID$7,700Montana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,693 across 15 hospitalsMN$8,693Illinois: median $2,555 across 12 hospitalsIL$2,555Wisconsin: median $8,037 across 26 hospitalsWI$8,037Michigan: median $3,217 across 29 hospitalsMI$3,217New York: median $8,454 across 22 hospitalsNY$8,454Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $3,189 across 10 hospitalsOR$3,189Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,074 across 16 hospitalsIA$4,074Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,417 across 12 hospitalsOH$6,417Pennsylvania: median $701 across 16 hospitalsPA$701New Jersey: median $6,839 across 23 hospitalsNJ$6,839Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,824 across 13 hospitalsOK$2,824Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,874. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN15$8,693+78%$4,570 – $8,693
New York NY22$8,454+73%$5,355 – $8,613
Wisconsin WI26$8,037+65%$7,443 – $13,442
Idaho ID10$7,700+58%$3,205 – $14,738
New Jersey NJ23$6,839+40%$4,881 – $7,914
Ohio OH12$6,417+32%$3,734 – $6,623
Iowa IA16$4,074−16%$4,074 – $4,074
Michigan MI29$3,217−34%$3,217 – $7,443
Oregon OR10$3,189−35%$3,189 – $5,526
Oklahoma OK13$2,824−42%$2,824 – $12,086
Illinois IL12$2,555−48%$2,442 – $4,074
Pennsylvania PA16$701−86%$549 – $12,077
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,874.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care254$4,739$2,555 – $8,693
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access54$7,443$2,598 – $8,693
Ownership
For-profit32$6,153$2,442 – $11,213
Government41$4,874$3,109 – $8,904
Non-profit244$4,874$2,555 – $8,454
System affiliation
Part of a system256$5,419$2,598 – $8,693
Independent62$3,839$2,473 – $7,700

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,093
Median cash price$4,874
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

177 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,327 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,131; most fall between $2,267 and $7,443.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 177 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,160$2,442$3,327$6,153$9,072

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,160 vs $9,072).

Of the 196 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 177 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

318 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 357 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted318
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code357

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic nervous system procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lam Exc/Evac Ispi Les Oth/Thn Neo Xdrl Thoracic.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open removal of a spinal lesion in the mid-back (CPT 63266) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-63266-open-removal-of-a-spinal-lesion-in-the-mid-back