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Removal Of Spinal Hardware Anchored At Many Levels

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

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

$8,739

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,739 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,623 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,512
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,660

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
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 6.9 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

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$8,739

$1,660 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $13,117TX $1,898

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.