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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,512$1,950 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,023 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $2,512

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,677.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Georgia· 19th of 51

$2,512

AK $7,244TX $646

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.