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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back

Rhode Island 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?

$8,934

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$708 to $9,772
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,570 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $4,467

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
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
3 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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$8,934

$4,467 physician + $4,467 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.