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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back

Maryland 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?

$4,457

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,457 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$501 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,138 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $490 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $741

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
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,912.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
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
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$4,457

$741 physician + $3,715 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.