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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Maine 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?

$5,711

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,711 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$3,020$2,818 to $3,631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$2,570 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,079Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,466.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
12 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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Maine 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

Maine· 46th of 51

$5,711

$3,020 physician + $2,692 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.