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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Colorado 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $5,495.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $324 to $7,413Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $457

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 13th of 49

$3,090

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.