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Removal Of A Spinal Rod Anchored At Its Ends

Alaska rates for HCPCS 22850

Removes spinal hardware placed at an earlier operation along the back of the spine — a rod attached to the bone only at the top and bottom of the stretch it spans. The old incision is reopened, the hardware is unhooked from the bone and lifted out. It is done when the hardware is loose, prominent, painful or infected, or is simply no longer needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Spinal Rod Anchored At Its Ends cost?

$12,792

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,792 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$3,020$1,778 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$5,495 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $21,878Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $741 to $3,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$16,595.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$12,792

$3,020 physician + $9,772 facility

AK $12,792TX $1,917

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.