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Metal Instrumentation Along The Front Of The Spine

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 22846

Covers the rods, plates, and screws fixed along the front of the spine to hold several vertebrae steady while a fusion knits. It is billed in addition to the fusion operation itself. The hardware carries load during healing and normally stays in place permanently.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Metal Instrumentation Along The Front Of The Spine cost?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$741 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$933 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,586Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,380
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $776

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
$707.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$389.05
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$77.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
2 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Alabama 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

Pennsylvania· 43rd of 51

$3,067

$776 physician + $2,291 facility

AL $15,682KY $1,997

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.