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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

South Dakota 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?

$2,891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$851 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,230 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,445

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 38th of 49

$2,891

$1,445 physician + $1,445 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.