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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 October 2026.

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

$4,525

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,525 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$977$589 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,512 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $9,120Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,913
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $977

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
$588.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$11,481.54
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
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
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 48th of 51

$4,525

$977 physician + $3,548 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.