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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Alaska rates for HCPCS 22514

This procedure treats a compressed or fractured vertebra in the lower back (lumbar 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, Lower Back cost?

$14,616

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$5,495$1,905 to $22,387
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$7,413 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $25,119Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $692 to $25,119
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$19,054.61
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$43,651.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$25,118.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$22,387.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$30,902.95
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
$234.42
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Alaska 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$14,616

$5,495 physician + $9,120 facility

OK $20,151MS $3,466

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.