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Spinal Fusion, Additional Segment From the Side

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 22534

Fuses a further segment of the middle or lower spine during the same operation, reached from the side and back so the surgeon can work around the spinal cord without entering the chest or abdominal cavity. Disc material is cleared and bone is placed so the vertebrae grow together into one solid unit. It is billed in addition to the first segment fused.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spinal Fusion, Additional Segment From the Side cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $8,511.

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 $4,074 · 10th to 90th $513 to $14,454Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,096
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $794

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$30,199.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 83.2 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 49

$3,802

IN $24,547WY $295

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.