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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 October 2026.

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

$9,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,096$724 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$5,754 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $23,442Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,303
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,096

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$26,915.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$14,125.38
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$16,218.10
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
$363.08
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 25th of 51

$9,608

$1,096 physician + $8,511 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.