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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

How much does Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels cost?

$1,230

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $2,138.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,762Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$42,657.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California 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.

Washington, DC· 25th of 51

$1,230

CA $5,888DE $794

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.