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Wiring the Spine's Bony Bumps for Support

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 22841

An added step during spine surgery in which wire is looped around the bony bumps that run down the middle of the back and tightened, holding the vertebrae steady while a fusion knits. It is one way of providing internal support and is always done as part of a larger spine operation rather than on its own. It is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Wiring the Spine's Bony Bumps for Support cost?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $741.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,820Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $457

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
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$912.01

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 12.9 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· 33rd of 51

$468

CA $5,012DE $389

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.