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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Shorter Run

Wisconsin 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?

$5,248

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,248 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $14,454 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 8 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$3,981$2,188 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,454$7,943 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $26,303Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $10,233
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,454professional $3,981

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,218.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$77,624.71
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$5,248

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.