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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Kentucky 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?

$2,122

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$891$759 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$832 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,120Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,230professional $891

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
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$2,122

$891 physician + $1,230 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.