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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Louisiana 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?

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $2,692.

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 $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,467
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,288

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 49

$1,288

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.