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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Connecticut 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?

$11,050

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,050 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$631 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$7,079 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $17,783Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $457 to $14,791
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913professional $2,138

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
$4,677.35
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$14,791.08
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 23rd of 50

$11,050

$2,138 physician + $8,913 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.