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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Utah 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?

$7,375

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,375 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$407 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,311 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,399
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,349

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,620.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,630.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,265.80
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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Utah 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

Utah· 31st of 51

$7,375

$1,349 physician + $6,026 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.