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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

North Carolina 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?

$2,042

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,950 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 6 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$1,950$1,698 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,905 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $1,950

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,042

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.