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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Delaware 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?

$4,786

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$525 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,950 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,710
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$9,332.54
7 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
$281.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$4,265.80
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$4,786

$1,318 physician + $3,467 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.