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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 July 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,514 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,623
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Illinois· 36th of 50

$2,818

IN $10,233WV $1,413

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.