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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 October 2026.

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

$14,925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $8,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$8,318$1,047 to $12,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$4,467 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $16,218Professionalmedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $813 to $16,982
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,607professional $8,318

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
$933.25
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$52,480.75
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$26,915.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$14,125.38
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
$229.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 2nd of 51

$14,925

$8,318 physician + $6,607 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.