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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Missouri 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,778 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,042 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,995

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
$2,187.76
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
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
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$2,042

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.