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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Connecticut 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?

$6,800

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$617 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,467 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $912

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
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
$302.00
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 51

$6,800

$912 physician + $5,888 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.