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

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,138 to $6,026.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $12,589
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$29,512.09
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 50

$3,467

ME $26,303ND $1,549

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.