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
INSERTION OF ARTIFICIAL UPPER SPINE DISC; ANTERIOR APPROACH
Springfield, OR
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Sacred Heart-Riverbend’s median price of $21.4k is 27% above the median hospital's median price ($16.9k), higher than 81% of the 1,753 hospitals reporting CPT 22856. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 9 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 | Regence medicare advantage hmo facility · other · outpatient | $20.3k | $20.3k | — | — | — | $20.3k – $20.3k |
| 2 | Regence medicare advantage ppo facility · other · outpatient | $20.3k | $20.3k | — | — | — | $20.3k – $20.3k |
| 3 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $20.4k | $20.4k | — | — | — | $20.4k – $20.4k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare payer appendix facility · other · outpatient | $20.4k | $20.4k | — | — | — | $20.4k – $20.4k |
| 5 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $21.4k | $21.4k | — | — | — | $21.4k – $21.4k |
| 6 | Regence commercial facility · other · outpatient | $31.1k | $31.1k | — | — | — | $31.1k – $31.1k |
| 7 | Kaiser commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46.3k | $46.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $46.3k – $46.3k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare doctors plan facility · other · outpatient | $75.6k | $75.6k | — | — | — | $75.6k – $75.6k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payer appendix facility · other · outpatient | $85.9k | $85.9k | — | — | — | $85.9k – $85.9k |
Last updated: Mar 20, 2026
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