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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

New Hampshire 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,311 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$3,311$2,630 to $4,365
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,738 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $20,893Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,129
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $3,311

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
$100.00
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 6th of 51

$3,311

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.