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Spinal Fusion, Additional Segment From the Side

New Jersey 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?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $7,079.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495

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
$602.56
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 6th of 49

$5,495

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.