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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Mid-Back

Utah 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?

$11,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$4,074$794 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$4,365 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $794 to $18,621Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $4,074

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
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,120.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$10,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 51

$11,660

$4,074 physician + $7,586 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.