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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Minnesota 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?

$1,096

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $832 to $2,344.

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 $1,096 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,370
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,096

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 33rd of 49

$1,096

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.