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Drainage Of Deep Spine Abscess, Upper Levels

Montana rates for HCPCS 22010

Opens and drains a deep pocket of infection in the upper spine, reached from the back. The neck and chest levels are covered, including the area where they meet. The infection lies beneath the tissue layer covering the muscles.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of Deep Spine Abscess, Upper Levels cost?

$3,208

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,208 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,047 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,622 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,622
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alabama than in Kentucky. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 50th of 51

$3,208

$1,549 physician + $1,660 facility

AL $15,814KY $2,534

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.