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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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$2,570$1,905 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$7,943 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,786
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $2,570

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$33,113.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th 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.