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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 July 2026.

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

$8,845

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,845 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,259$490 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$6,607 to $40,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $40,738Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,128
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,259

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$40,738.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$12,022.64
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 35th of 50

$8,845

$1,259 physician + $7,586 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.