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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Massachusetts 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $2,818.

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 $2,089 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 49

$2,089

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.