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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Indiana 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?

$11,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$2,754$2,291 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,890 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $30,200Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,710professional $2,754

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$33,884.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$10,964.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$11,464

$2,754 physician + $8,710 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.