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Facet Joint Implant Placement in the Spine

California rates for HCPCS 0220T

An implant is placed into the small paired joints at the back of the spine, on one side or both, to hold that segment steady. Bone graft or a synthetic substitute may be placed with it so the segment knits together, and imaging is used during placement. It covers one level of the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Facet Joint Implant Placement in the Spine cost?

$5,248

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 9 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$1,380$1,023 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,074 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $40 to $6,457
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $1,380

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
$3,981.07
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$13,803.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$53,703.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where California sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

California· 1st of 51

$5,248

CA $5,248MN $209

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.