go back

Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

North Carolina 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?

$4,481

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,481 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$1,318$1,096 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,380 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $646 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $1,318

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
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$4,481

$1,318 physician + $3,162 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.