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

Kentucky 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?

$3,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,585$1,413 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,349 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,585

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
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
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$3,363

$1,585 physician + $1,778 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.