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Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind

North Carolina 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?

$1,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$724 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$123 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,995Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,622
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $331professional $1,122

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
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$1,453

$1,122 physician + $331 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.