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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

South Carolina 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?

$8,949

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$2,188$1,047 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,715 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $18,197Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $2,188

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
$2,754.23
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
11 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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$8,949

$2,188 physician + $6,761 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.