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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 July 2026.

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

$3,454

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,454 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$1,413$550 to $6,918
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$263 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,772
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,413

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
$64.57
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,332.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$11,748.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 50

$3,454

$1,413 physician + $2,042 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.