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Spine Fusion Through A Front Approach

Wyoming 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?

$22,945

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,945 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $19,055 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$3,890$3,236 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$19,055$8,511 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,055 · 10th to 90th $6,761 to $33,113Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $5,888
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $19,055professional $3,890

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
$5,888.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$45,708.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,981.07
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
$1,862.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 1st of 51

$22,945

$3,890 physician + $19,055 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.