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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Alabama 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 July 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $7,244.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,913
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 28th of 50

$3,802

IN $10,233WV $1,413

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.