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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Florida 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?

$3,742

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,742 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$363 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,549 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $1,230

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
$776.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,882.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$3,742

$1,230 physician + $2,512 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.