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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Georgia 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?

$2,613

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$708$537 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$977 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $708

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
$1,202.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 50th of 51

$2,613

$708 physician + $1,905 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.