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Spinal Bone Reshaping From the Front

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 22220

Cuts and reshapes a spinal bone through an incision made from the front of the body, removing the disc at that level, so the spine can be straightened or brought back into line. It is used when the spine has stiffened into an abnormal position that cannot be corrected any other way. One spinal segment is treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Bone Reshaping From the Front cost?

$10,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$3,467$2,570 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$3,090 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $11,482Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $14,791
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $3,467

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,218.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$10,074

$3,467 physician + $6,607 facility

AK $17,572KY $3,400

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.