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

Indiana 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?

$9,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,585 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,236 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $1,862

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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,332.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$17,782.79
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$707.95
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 10th of 51

$9,275

$1,862 physician + $7,413 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.