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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Massachusetts 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,884$2,138 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,995 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $15,136
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $2,884

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
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,623.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$14,454.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,762.47
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
7 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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 12th of 51

$2,884

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.