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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Louisiana 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?

$3,894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,202$537 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,820 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,202

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
$645.65
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$251.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$3,894

$1,202 physician + $2,692 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.