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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Iowa 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $3,802.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,761Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $741

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 49

$2,239

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.