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Vertebroplasty of Each Additional Spinal Bone

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 22512

An added service when a vertebroplasty — injecting bone cement through the skin to stabilize a spinal bone — treats more than one level. It applies to each additional vertebral body beyond the first, on one or both sides, and includes all imaging guidance and a bone biopsy when performed. It is charged in addition to the primary treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty of Each Additional Spinal Bone cost?

$1,122

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $2,570.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in New Hampshire than in Wyoming. 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.

Massachusetts· 34th of 49

$1,122

NH $7,413WY $295

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.