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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Minnesota 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?

$9,684

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,684 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$4,898$3,802 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,162 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $9,333Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $8,913
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $4,898

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,128.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$9,684

$4,898 physician + $4,786 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.