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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Texas 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?

$1,995

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $3,802.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995

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
$524.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$19,498.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 23rd of 49

$1,995

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.