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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Iowa 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 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 7 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$2,570$1,698 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,365 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $12,882Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,570

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
$2,630.27
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,630

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.