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Joint Replacement At The Back Of The Lower Spine

Washington rates for HCPCS 0719T

An operation on the lower back in which the small paired joints at the back of a spinal segment are removed and replaced with an artificial joint implant. The aim is to take pressure off the nerves while still letting the segment bend and move.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joint Replacement At The Back Of The Lower Spine cost?

$6,457

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $13,804 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$851$50.12 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,804$5,129 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,804 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $23,988Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $45 to $4,365
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $13,804professional $851

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
$1,737.80
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$23,988.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 407.4 times more in Montana than in North Carolina. 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.

Washington· 16th of 50

$6,457

MT $30,903NC $75.86

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.