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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Kansas 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,138$1,905 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,042 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $14,454
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $2,138

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
$2,884.03
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 25th of 51

$2,188

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.