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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Missouri 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $8,511.

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 $4,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $12,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 8th of 49

$4,467

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.