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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Nebraska 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?

$10,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,129 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$5,129$3,802 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,090 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $11,482Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $7,586
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $5,129

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$18,620.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$10,883

$5,129 physician + $5,754 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.