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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

South Dakota 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?

$4,227

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,227 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$912 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,995 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,630Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $692 to $4,898
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $2,138

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
$407.38
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,801.89
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
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
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 25th of 51

$4,227

$2,138 physician + $2,089 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.