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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Minnesota 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?

$3,984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,585$1,175 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,318 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $2,399professional $1,585

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$69,183.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,951.21
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$3,984

$1,585 physician + $2,399 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.