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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 22847

Places rods, screws, or plates along the front of the spine to hold it steady while a fusion knits, spanning a long stretch of the spinal column. It is carried out as part of a larger spine operation and is billed in addition to that operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels cost?

$2,972

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,972 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$871 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,259 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,918Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $977

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
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$2,972

$977 physician + $1,995 facility

AK $9,843KY $2,122

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.