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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Minnesota 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,715 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$3,715$2,692 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,291 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,318Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $6,310
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $3,715

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
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$3,715

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.