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Spine Fusion Through A Front Approach

Montana rates for HCPCS 22556

Joins two spinal bones together so they heal into one solid piece, reaching the spine from the front of the body. The disc between them is cleared out and the space is packed so bone grows across the gap. It is done for instability, deformity, infection, or a worn or damaged disc causing pain and nerve pressure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spine Fusion Through A Front Approach cost?

$5,446

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,446 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,778 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,754 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $21,380Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,884
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $2,692

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Wyoming 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$5,446

$2,692 physician + $2,754 facility

WY $22,945KY $3,609

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.