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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Mississippi 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?

$2,764

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,764 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$646 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$562 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,548
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $1,318

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
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 49th of 51

$2,764

$1,318 physician + $1,445 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.