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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Massachusetts 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,754 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 7 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$2,754$2,344 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,818 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,762Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,715professional $2,754

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,511.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$66,069.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,848.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,548.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$66,069.34
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$3,020

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.