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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Massachusetts 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?

$7,190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$2,754 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,570 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $19,498
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $3,802

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,606.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,715.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,715.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,715.35
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
8 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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 51

$7,190

$3,802 physician + $3,388 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.