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Repair Of A Broken Peg Bone At The Top Of The Neck

Colorado rates for HCPCS 22318

Repairs a break in the peg-shaped upright of the second bone in the neck, the post that the head pivots around, working through an incision at the front of the neck. A screw or similar hardware is placed to hold the broken piece against the rest of the bone while it heals. Fixing it directly can spare months in a rigid brace or halo.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Broken Peg Bone At The Top Of The Neck cost?

$9,370

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$2,291$1,862 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$4,786 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $2,291

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
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 9th of 51

$9,370

$2,291 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $17,981KY $3,363

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.