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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Kentucky 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?

$4,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$2,344$2,042 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,479 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,333Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $2,344

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
$891.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
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
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$4,974

$2,344 physician + $2,630 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.