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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Florida 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?

$5,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,349 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $1,950

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
$851.14
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Florida 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

Florida· 49th of 51

$5,261

$1,950 physician + $3,311 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.