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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 July 2026.

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

$13,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,495 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 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$1,202 to $14,791
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$1,549 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $513 to $35,481Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $468 to $25,119
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $5,495

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
$1,584.89
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$43,651.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$19,054.61
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$25,118.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$25,118.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$25,118.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$30,902.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Minnesota 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· 13th of 50

$13,081

$5,495 physician + $7,586 facility

MN $21,875MS $3,376

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.