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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Iowa 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?

$12,009

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$5,248$724 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,677 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $955 to $15,488Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $457 to $13,804
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $5,248

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
$954.99
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$26,915.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,218.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$12,589.25

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$12,009

$5,248 physician + $6,761 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.