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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

South Carolina 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?

$4,898

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $8,913.

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 $4,898 · 10th to 90th $380 to $14,454
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898

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
$380.19
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 5th of 49

$4,898

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.