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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Oklahoma 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 4 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$1,862$1,778 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $1,862

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
$1,202.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 47th of 51

$1,995

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.