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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Montana 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?

$2,783

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$741$617 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$631 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $617 to $3,311Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $741

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
$371.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$2,783

$741 physician + $2,042 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.