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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 October 2026.

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

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,467$2,570 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,162 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $13,490Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $4,898
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$2,691.53
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
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
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$3,548

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.