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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

South 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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$1,820$1,622 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$3,388 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,890
$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,965professional $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
$1,995.26
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,995

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.