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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$14,925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$8,318$1,122 to $12,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,677 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $15,849Professionalmedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $912 to $17,378
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $8,318

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
$794.33
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,125.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$52,480.75
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$14,125.38
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
$245.47
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Mississippi. 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

Iowa· 2nd of 51

$14,925

$8,318 physician + $6,607 facility

OK $20,151MS $3,493

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.