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Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind

New York 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?

$5,266

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,266 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$513 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,660 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $631 to $13,490Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $589

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
$1,513.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$38,018.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,445.44
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$977.24
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
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where New York 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

New York· 3rd of 51

$5,266

$589 physician + $4,677 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.