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.
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22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR
Smith, AR
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Baptist Health - Fort Smith’s median price of $18.1k is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($15.9k), higher than 66% of the 1,763 hospitals reporting CPT 22612. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 8 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.
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| 1 | Cigna all case rate · outpatient | $6,256 | $6,256 | $6,256 – $6,256 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all case rate · outpatient | $10,818 | $10,818 | $10,818 – $10,818 |
| 3 | Humana all fee schedule · outpatient | $17,153 | $17,153 | $17,153 – $17,153 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all fee schedule · outpatient | $17,323 | $17,323 | $17,323 – $17,323 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $17,565 | $17,565 | $17,565 – $17,565 |
| 6 | WellCare all fee schedule · outpatient | $18,082 | $18,082 | $18,082 – $18,082 |
| 7 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $27,128 | $27,128 | $27,128 – $27,128 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all case rate · outpatient | $35,065 | $35,065 | $34,609 – $35,522 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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