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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Minnesota 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?

$4,952

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,952 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$1,862$832 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,778 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,862

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
$398.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 51

$4,952

$1,862 physician + $3,090 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.