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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

New Mexico 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?

$4,913

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 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$1,445$550 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,950 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,692
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,445

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
$416.87
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 14th of 51

$4,913

$1,445 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.