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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Tennessee 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?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,188 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$2,188$2,042 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $10,233Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77,624.71
Median
$77,624.71
Typical High
$77,624.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$2,239

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.