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Lower Back Fusion From Behind and Through the Disc

Montana rates for HCPCS 22633

Joins two vertebrae in the lower back permanently, working through an incision in the back. The worn disc between them is cleared out and a spacer packed with bone graft is set into the space, while further graft is laid alongside the back of the spine, so bone grows across and the two vertebrae become a single solid unit. It is used for a slipped or unstable segment, or where a collapsed disc is pinching nerves and other treatment has not helped.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lower Back Fusion From Behind and Through the Disc cost?

$5,835

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,835 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$2,884$1,995 to $2,951
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$2,884 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $33,884Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $3,162
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,951professional $2,884

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,311.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Alaska 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· 49th of 51

$5,835

$2,884 physician + $2,951 facility

AK $35,597KY $4,069

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.