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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Iowa 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?

$5,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,230 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,138 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,514

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
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,587

$1,514 physician + $4,074 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.