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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Idaho 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?

$3,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$708 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,862 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,318Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,802
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $977

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,951.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,715.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,365.16
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,311.31
8 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
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$389.05

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 43rd of 51

$3,268

$977 physician + $2,291 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.