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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Virginia 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,455 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$2,455$2,188 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $4,571
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $2,455

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
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 19th of 51

$2,570

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.