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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Indiana 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?

$6,012

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,012 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$813 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,291 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $741 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,000

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
$724.44
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$11,481.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
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
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$6,012

$1,000 physician + $5,012 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.