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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Arizona 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?

$4,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$794$741 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,259 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,120Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $708 to $13,183
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $794

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 51

$4,510

$794 physician + $3,715 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.