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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

South 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?

$4,670

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$813 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,318 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $794 to $22,909Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,288
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $955

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
$912.01
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$199.53

Where South 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

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$4,670

$955 physician + $3,715 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.