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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Michigan 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?

$12,282

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,282 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$3,162$2,630 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$3,631 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $3,548
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $3,162

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
$3,162.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,235.94
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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 5th of 51

$12,282

$3,162 physician + $9,120 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.