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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Nebraska 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 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 6 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$2,630$1,995 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$7,943 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,898
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $2,630

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$33,884.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$11,748.98
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,892.96
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$3,715

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.