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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Georgia 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 Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 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 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$2,239$2,138 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$3,802 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $3,548
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $2,239

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th 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.