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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Nebraska 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?

$3,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$550 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,950 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $9,550Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $372 to $4,169
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$186.21
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 38th of 51

$3,625

$741 physician + $2,884 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.