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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 22511

Bone cement is injected through a needle into a broken or weakened bone of the lower spine to stabilize it and relieve pain. X-ray guidance is used to place the needle and watch the cement fill the bone, and that imaging is part of the service. It is done through a small puncture rather than an open incision, usually with sedation and numbing medicine.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$6,210

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,622 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$3,467 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,128
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $2,042

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
$2,041.74
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,128.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,709.64
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 6th of 51

$6,210

$2,042 physician + $4,169 facility

OK $10,373MD $2,367

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.