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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

California 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?

$11,126

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$550 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,365 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $15,488Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $447 to $14,454
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $6,761professional $4,365

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
$4,168.69
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$18,620.87
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$13,182.57
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$9,772.37
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$20,892.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$52,480.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$13,489.63
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$22,387.21
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where California 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

California· 19th of 50

$11,126

$4,365 physician + $6,761 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.