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Spinal Fusion Through A Side Approach

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 22533

Fuses two vertebrae together, reaching the spine from the side of the body rather than from the back or the front. Just enough disc is cleared to prepare the space, and bone graft is packed in so the vertebrae grow into one solid unit. It is used for instability, deformity, or damage from infection or injury.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Fusion Through A Side Approach cost?

$21,999

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,999 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,802 to the doctor who performs it, and $18,197 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,802$3,236 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$18,197$8,511 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18,197 · 10th to 90th $6,761 to $26,915Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $5,754
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $18,197professional $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,489.63
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$31,622.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 6.9 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

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$21,999

$3,802 physician + $18,197 facility

AK $24,544KY $3,572

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.