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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Washington 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?

$676

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $2,291.

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 $676 · 10th to 90th $380 to $7,943
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $676

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
$2,818.38
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 41st of 49

$676

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.