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Removal Of Spine Segments To Correct A Hump

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 22818

Surgery that corrects a severe, fixed forward curve of the spine by removing whole vertebrae, working right around the spinal column from both front and back. It covers removal of one or two segments, after which the remaining spine is brought into a straighter position.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Spine Segments To Correct A Hump cost?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,291$1,950 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,349 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $4,677
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $2,291

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Mississippi· 42nd of 51

$2,399

CA $8,511DE $2,138

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.