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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Missouri 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?

$4,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$646$447 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,778 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,749Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,607
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $646

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
$1,513.56
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$169.82
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$4,113

$646 physician + $3,467 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.