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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

New Jersey 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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 5 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$1,820$1,622 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$6,026 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,511
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,820

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
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$27,542.29
Typical High
$38,018.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$2,188

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.