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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

New Jersey 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?

$4,848

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$427 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,188 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,380

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
$436.52
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 16th of 51

$4,848

$1,380 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.