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Front Spinal Hardware Across Many Levels

Utah 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?

$4,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$646$550 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,399 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $10,715Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $646

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$39,810.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
5 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
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Utah 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

Utah· 20th of 51

$4,627

$646 physician + $3,981 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.