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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Colorado 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?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $14,125 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$2,344$2,239 to $2,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,125$5,495 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $35,481Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,169
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $14,125professional $2,344

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 7th of 51

$3,388

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.