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Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind

South 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?

$1,293

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,293 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$617$525 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$158 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $95 to $3,802Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $501 to $891
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $676professional $617

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
$660.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
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
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54

Where South 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

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,293

$617 physician + $676 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.