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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Michigan 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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$2,512$2,089 to $16,596
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$4,898 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $8,128Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $17,783
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,754professional $2,512

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 13th of 51

$2,692

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.