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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Colorado 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?

$13,714

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,882 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$603 to $6,166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,882$6,026 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $21,380Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,333
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $832

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
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$10,471.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$9,120.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,772.37
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$234.42
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$13,714

$832 physician + $12,882 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.