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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 July 2026.

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

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,239 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$2,239$1,820 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,818 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $2,239

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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$20,892.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,786.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,786.30
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$20,892.96
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$2,570

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.