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Spinal Spacer Implant, Lower Back

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 22867

Places a small implant between the bony projections at the back of two neighbouring bones in the lower spine, holding them slightly apart so the space around the squeezed nerves is opened up. It treats back and leg pain from a narrowed spinal canal that eases when you lean forward. One level is treated, and the bones are not fused together.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Spinal Spacer Implant, Lower Back cost?

$8,316

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,316 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$1,000 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,169 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $7,244professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$70,794.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 23rd of 51

$8,316

$1,072 physician + $7,244 facility

AK $33,877MT $3,360

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.