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Spinal Fusion for Curvature, Short Section

Montana rates for HCPCS 22800

Straightens and permanently fuses a short run of the spine, up to about six vertebrae, through an incision down the back, to correct a curve or other deformity. Bone graft is laid along the spine and, where needed, rods and screws hold the correction while the bones knit together. Keeping the fused stretch short preserves movement in the rest of the back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Fusion for Curvature, Short Section cost?

$4,479

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$2,188$1,445 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$2,239 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $21,878Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $2,188

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.7 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· 50th of 51

$4,479

$2,188 physician + $2,291 facility

WY $22,217KY $3,299

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.