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Spinal Fusion for Curvature, Short Section

Washington 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?

$10,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$302 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$2,754 to $31,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $63,096Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,512
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $9,120professional $1,023

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,988.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$95,499.26
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$25,703.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$95,499.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$69,183.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Washington 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

Washington· 20th of 51

$10,143

$1,023 physician + $9,120 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.