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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Maryland 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?

$871

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $1,820.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,890Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,138
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $589

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Oregon than in Kentucky. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$871

OR $2,570KY $490

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.