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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Arkansas 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?

$5,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$2,512$525 to $7,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,820 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $912 to $9,120Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $2,512

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
$588.84
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 48th of 50

$5,532

$2,512 physician + $3,020 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.