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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Georgia 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?

$4,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$631 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,549 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,000Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $832

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
$489.78
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,803.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$12,302.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,803.84
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
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 47th of 51

$4,547

$832 physician + $3,715 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.