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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Nevada 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?

$3,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$447 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,698 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,000Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$426.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$194.98
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 40th of 51

$3,496

$741 physician + $2,754 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.