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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 July 2026.

How much does Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels cost?

$5,810

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,810 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$912$776 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,175 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $912 to $22,909Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,995
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $912

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
$912.01
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 13th of 49

$5,810

$912 physician + $4,898 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.