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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 October 2026.

How much does Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels cost?

$2,607

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,607 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$1,288$977 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$891 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $724 to $13,804
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $1,288

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
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$239.88

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$2,607

$1,288 physician + $1,318 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.