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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Arizona 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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 5 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$1,738$1,514 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,090 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,365
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,738

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 25th of 51

$2,188

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.