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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 July 2026.

How much does Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels cost?

$3,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$832$759 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,585 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,148.15
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 26th of 49

$3,523

$832 physician + $2,692 facility

CA $9,710WV $1,607

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.