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

Texas 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?

$5,637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$178 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,818 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,220Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,820
$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $389

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
12 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
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Texas 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

Texas· 41st of 51

$5,637

$389 physician + $5,248 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.