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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Alabama rates for HCPCS 22222

Spinal surgery in which a wedge of bone is cut out of a vertebra in the mid-back and the spine is closed down over the gap, correcting a fixed curve or angle that cannot be straightened any other way. It covers work on one segment of the spine.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity cost?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$1,514 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$1,698 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,388
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in California 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$2,089

CA $6,457KY $1,698

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.