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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Massachusetts 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?

$3,368

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$1,023$832 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,380 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,023

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 49

$3,368

$1,023 physician + $2,344 facility

CA $9,710WV $1,607

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.