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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Pennsylvania 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?

$6,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$2,399$2,239 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,698 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $2,399

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,073.80
10 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
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,905.46
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$6,030

$2,399 physician + $3,631 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.