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Fusion of an Additional Neck Disc Level, Front Approach

Florida rates for HCPCS 22552

Covers one more disc level treated during a fusion done through the front of the neck: the worn disc is removed, bone spurs and material pressing on the spinal cord or nerve roots are cleared away, and a spacer is set in so the neighbouring bones grow together. It is billed in addition to the main operation for each further level treated in the same surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fusion of an Additional Neck Disc Level, Front Approach cost?

$2,883

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,883 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$309 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,479 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $955 to $12,303Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $275 to $603
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $372

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$478.63
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
4 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
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 13.1 times more in Alabama than in West Virginia. 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

Florida· 33rd of 51

$2,883

$372 physician + $2,512 facility

AL $15,259WV $1,168

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.