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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Arizona rates for HCPCS 0656T

An operation to straighten a curved spine by fixing anchors to the front of the spine bones and running a flexible cord between them. Tightening the cord pulls the curve straighter and lets it keep correcting while the spine is still growing, without locking the bones solid. This version covers a shorter run of spine bones.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 4 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$2,239$1,995 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$3,090 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $3,467
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $2,239

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
$2,238.72
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in California than in Alabama. 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.

Arizona· 17th of 51

$2,570

CA $10,233AL $1,995

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.