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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Alabama 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?

$10,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$490 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,660 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $4,467

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
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 29th of 50

$10,355

$4,467 physician + $5,888 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.