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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Alaska rates for HCPCS 22206

Cuts a wedge through the full depth of one spinal bone — front, middle, and back — working from an incision in the back, so the spine can be re-angled and straightened. Closing the wedge tilts the spine into a better position, which is then held with hardware while the bone heals. It is used for a spine fixed in a bent or collapsed posture that lesser corrections cannot fix.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It cost?

$19,772

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,772 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $10,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$10,000$6,457 to $10,233
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$7,943 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $20,417Professionalmedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $11,749
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $10,000

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,595.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,489.63
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,182.57

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$19,772

$10,000 physician + $9,772 facility

AK $19,772TX $4,915

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.