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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

New York 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?

$4,596

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$708 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,862 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,333Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $794

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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$38,018.94
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
6 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
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60

Where New York 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

New York· 22nd of 51

$4,596

$794 physician + $3,802 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.