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Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 22208

Cuts through and reshapes a further spinal bone during the same operation to correct a curve or a fixed bend in the spine, working from the back. Removing a wedge of bone lets the spine be straightened and held in a better position. It is billed in addition to the first bone reshaped.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind cost?

$1,152

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,152 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$603$513 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$158 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $78 to $3,802Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $490 to $891
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $550professional $603

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
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
1 more rate 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 19.0 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$1,152

$603 physician + $550 facility

CO $13,677DE $719

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.