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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Kansas 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 5 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$2,692$2,042 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,467 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $13,183Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $2,692

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 3rd of 51

$3,631

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.