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Removal Of Spinal Hardware Anchored At Many Levels

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 22852

Removes spinal hardware placed at an earlier operation along the back of the spine, where the rods were fixed to the bone at several points along their length with screws, hooks or wires. Each anchor is released and the whole assembly is lifted out through the old incision. It is done when the hardware is loose, prominent, painful or infected, or is simply no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Spinal Hardware Anchored At Many Levels cost?

$6,695

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,695 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 56 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$794 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,344 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $977 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,455
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,072

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$60,255.96
Typical High
$60,255.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$18,620.87

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Utah than in Maryland. 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

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UT $10,429MD $1,540

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.