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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Minnesota 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $33,113 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 $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33,113$3,311 to $58,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33,113 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $81,283Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,248
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $33,113professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$131,825.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
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
$4,365.16
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 37th of 51

$2,291

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.