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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Arizona 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?

$10,618

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,618 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$5,370$525 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,020 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $447 to $20,893
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,248professional $5,370

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
$977.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,025.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,317.64
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
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 51

$10,618

$5,370 physician + $5,248 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.