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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

North Carolina 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 6 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 $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$2,089 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $100 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,692professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77,624.71
Median
$77,624.71
Typical High
$77,624.71
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,239

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.