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Reshaping an Additional Spinal Bone From Behind

Virginia 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?

$1,623

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,623 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$646$575 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$501 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $182 to $9,333Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $525 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $646

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
$676.08
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
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
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$9,120.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 27th of 51

$1,623

$646 physician + $977 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.