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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Connecticut 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?

$11,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,981$3,090 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$4,467 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $21,878Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $3,981

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$11,924

$3,981 physician + $7,943 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.