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Fusion Of An Additional Level Of The Spine

Alaska rates for HCPCS 22585

Covers fusing a further level of the spine during an operation in which the surgeon reaches the spine from the front. The disc space at the extra level is prepared and packed with bone so the two vertebrae grow together. It is billed in addition to the main fusion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fusion Of An Additional Level Of The Spine cost?

$8,904

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,904 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$589 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,981 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,585
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,318

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
$1,584.89
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.0 times more in Alabama than in Montana. 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$8,904

$1,318 physician + $7,586 facility

AL $15,180MT $1,014

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.