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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Indiana 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 Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $372 to $5,623.

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 $2,239 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,239

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
$354.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$42,657.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 20th 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.