go back

Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Tennessee 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?

$4,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$1,660$525 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,660 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $398 to $12,303
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,660

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,288.25
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
$181.97
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$4,351

$1,660 physician + $2,692 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.