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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

New York 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?

$8,911

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,911 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$2,089 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,236 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $2,455

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
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$38,018.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,025.60
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
15 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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,318.26
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$630.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where New York 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 York· 19th of 51

$8,911

$2,455 physician + $6,457 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.