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Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity

Tennessee 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?

$2,754

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,754 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,138 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,138$1,698 to $3,981
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,754 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $8,913Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $15,849
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,138

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
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
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 16th of 51

$2,754

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.