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Spacer Placed In A Gap Left In The Spine

Wisconsin 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?

$776

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $589 to $1,202.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $316 to $6,761Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $724

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
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$204.17
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 39th of 49

$776

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.