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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Oklahoma 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?

$10,373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,862$490 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$2,512 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,607
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,511professional $1,862

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$10,373

$1,862 physician + $8,511 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.