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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 July 2026.

How much does Reshaping a Vertebra of the Mid-Back for Deformity cost?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$1,995$1,622 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,692 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,995

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$2,138

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.