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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0657T

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 longer run of spine bones.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run cost?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 5 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$2,291$2,089 to $9,333
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$2,291 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,233
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $2,291

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.0 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.

Alaska· 23rd of 51

$2,512

CA $10,233AL $2,042

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.