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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Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments
Temecula, CA
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Temecula Valley Hospital’s median price of $541 is 72% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 8% of the 1,461 hospitals reporting CPT 22842. 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · both | $410 | $410 | — | — | — | $410 – $410 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid case rate · both | $418 | $418 | — | — | — | $418 – $418 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · both | $517 | $517 | — | — | — | $517 – $517 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare managed_care case rate · both | $850 | $850 | — | — | — | $850 – $850 |
| 5 | Aetna managed_care case rate · both | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield qhp case rate · both | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed_care case rate · both | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 8 | Anthem managed_care case rate · both | $9.4k | $9.4k | — | — | — | $9.4k – $9.4k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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