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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Illinois 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?

$10,140

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,140 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,012$603 to $7,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$1,862 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,490Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,471
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,129professional $5,012

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
$912.01
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$9,549.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$6,918.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 50

$10,140

$5,012 physician + $5,129 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.