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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Arizona rates for HCPCS 22854

Places a supporting spacer, such as a hollow cage or block, into the gap left where part or all of a spinal bone has been removed. The spacer restores the height of the spinal column and gives bone a scaffold to grow across so the segment fuses solidly. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine cost?

$2,399

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $4,677.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $5,623
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 44.7 times more in West Virginia than in Wyoming. 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.

Arizona· 19th of 49

$2,399

WV $13,183WY $295

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.