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Removal of Bone From a Lower-Back Vertebra

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 22102

Removes part of the bony arch at the back of a vertebra in the lower spine — the projections, the roof of the canal, or a small joint surface — to take out an abnormality growing within the bone itself. It treats a problem in the bone rather than a disc or a nerve pinch. It covers one vertebra.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Bone From a Lower-Back Vertebra cost?

$7,322

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,322 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$1,698$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,467 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $1,698

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado 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

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$7,322

$1,698 physician + $5,623 facility

CO $14,279KY $2,379

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.