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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Colorado 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?

$6,370

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$912 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,802 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,122

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$389.05
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 51

$6,370

$1,122 physician + $5,248 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.