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Spinal Manipulation Under Anesthesia

New York rates for HCPCS 22505

The spine is moved and stretched by hand while the person is under anesthesia, so the muscles are completely relaxed and cannot guard against the movement. It is used to free a stiff, painful spinal segment when treatment while awake has not worked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Manipulation Under Anesthesia cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$126 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,630 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $234 to $9,120Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $115 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $155

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
$162.18
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$331.13
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$602.56
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$354.81

Where New York sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

New York· 19th of 51

$240

CA $3,890DE $129

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.