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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 July 2026.

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

$7,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$1,148$550 to $7,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $457 to $11,749
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,148

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$12,589.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 50

$7,174

$1,148 physician + $6,026 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.