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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Illinois 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$1,950$1,622 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,715 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,631
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $1,950

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$1,995

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.