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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Florida 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 7 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$2,188$2,042 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$2,239 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $2,188

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
$1,230.27
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$18,197.01
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 33rd of 51

$2,344

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.