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Spinal Spacer Implant, Lower Back

South Dakota 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?

$5,374

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,374 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,660 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,479 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $17,378Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $2,138

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$25,118.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 41st of 51

$5,374

$2,138 physician + $3,236 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.