Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Placement of device to stabilize or reduce pressure in lower spine in second disc space
Washington, DC
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers’s median price of $187 is 89% below the median hospital's median price ($1.8k), higher than 6% of the 1,179 hospitals reporting CPT 22868. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 2 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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