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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Illinois 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?

$4,681

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,681 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$513 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,291 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $1,445

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
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$194.98
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 19th of 51

$4,681

$1,445 physician + $3,236 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.