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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Maryland 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?

$347

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $309 to $479.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2,291Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $309 to $661
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $41professional $355

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
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$316.23

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 49

$347

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.