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Spine Reshaping From the Front, Extra Segment

Colorado rates for HCPCS 22226

Cuts and reshapes a further spinal bone through an incision at the front of the body during the same operation, to correct a curve or a fixed bend in the spine. The disc beside it is cleared as part of the release so the spine can be repositioned. It is billed in addition to the first segment treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spine Reshaping From the Front, Extra Segment cost?

$14,944

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,944 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,454 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$407 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,454$1,148 to $18,621

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,454 · 10th to 90th $398 to $25,704Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $347 to $794
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $14,454professional $490

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
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
5 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$36.31

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 28.5 times more in Colorado than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 1st of 51

$14,944

$490 physician + $14,454 facility

CO $14,944DE $525

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.