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Rods and Screws Spanning Many Spinal Levels

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 22844

Attaches rods anchored by screws or hooks to the back of the spine across a long stretch of vertebrae, holding them in position while a fusion heals. This is the version used when a large number of spinal bones are linked together, as in major deformity surgery. It is billed in addition to the fusion itself.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rods and Screws Spanning Many Spinal Levels cost?

$2,017

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$933 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$138 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,479Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,570
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $468professional $1,549

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
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
5 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
$436.52
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 7.0 times more in Alabama 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Mississippi· 37th of 51

$2,017

$1,549 physician + $468 facility

AL $7,936DE $1,129

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.