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Wedge Cut Through A Spine Bone To Realign It

Virginia 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?

$9,771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$2,455 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,090 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $15,488Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $2,692

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
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$9,771

$2,692 physician + $7,079 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.