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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

New Mexico 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?

$7,557

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$3,090$2,630 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,455 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $12,589Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,169
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $3,090

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 27th of 51

$7,557

$3,090 physician + $4,467 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.