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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 October 2026.

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

$12,649

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$5,888$759 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,715 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,761Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $5,888

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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
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
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 8th of 51

$12,649

$5,888 physician + $6,761 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.