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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Utah 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?

$6,157

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,157 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$1,259$646 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,138 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $631 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,259

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
$630.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Utah 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

Utah· 7th of 51

$6,157

$1,259 physician + $4,898 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.