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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,123

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,123 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$794 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,000 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,310Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $832

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
$741.31
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$83.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
2 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 44th of 51

$3,123

$832 physician + $2,291 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.