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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Florida 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?

$8,972

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,972 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$468 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,884 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $14,791Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $363 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $4,074

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
$741.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,079.46
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,585.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
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
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Florida 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

Florida· 31st of 51

$8,972

$4,074 physician + $4,898 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.