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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back

Colorado rates for HCPCS 22513

This procedure treats a compressed or fractured vertebra in the mid-back (thoracic spine) by inserting a small balloon through the skin to create space within the bone, then filling that space with a cement-like material to restore height and stability. It's typically used for compression fractures related to osteoporosis, injury, or tumors. The balloon step distinguishes it from a simpler cement-only version of vertebral repair.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back cost?

$11,500

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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$1,950$562 to $6,918
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$5,012 to $20,417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $33,884Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $9,550professional $1,950

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$12,882.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,589.25

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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

Colorado· 21st of 50

$11,500

$1,950 physician + $9,550 facility

MN $21,603WV $2,535

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.