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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Mississippi 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?

$7,202

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,202 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$2,239 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,778 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,000Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $5,370
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $3,890

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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 33rd of 51

$7,202

$3,890 physician + $3,311 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.