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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Montana 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$832 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$1,175 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,818Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $1,259

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$2,461

$1,259 physician + $1,202 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.