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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Michigan 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?

$4,134

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,134 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,622$537 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,239 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $501 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,622

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
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,290.87
12 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
$257.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$467.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$229.09
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 26th of 51

$4,134

$1,622 physician + $2,512 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.