go back

Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Arkansas 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?

$2,984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,122$513 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,514 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $4,169Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,122

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
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 46th of 51

$2,984

$1,122 physician + $1,862 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.