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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 October 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$8,459

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,459 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$661 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,291 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,761professional $1,698

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$8,459

$1,698 physician + $6,761 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.