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Spine Tethering For Curvature, Longer Run

Wisconsin 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?

$6,026

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $15,488 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 8 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$4,074$2,344 to $6,918
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15,488$12,023 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,488 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $26,303Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $12,023
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $15,488professional $4,074

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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,589.25
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$16,982.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$70.79
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$77,624.71
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$6,026

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.