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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

New York 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?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,570 to $9,772.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $525 to $14,791
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495

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
$416.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$17,782.79
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$56,234.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,621.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$53,703.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65

Where New York 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.

New York· 3rd of 49

$5,495

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.