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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Georgia 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?

$6,935

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$3,467$2,951 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,549 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $10,000Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $5,888
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $3,467

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$15,848.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 36th of 51

$6,935

$3,467 physician + $3,467 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.