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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 October 2026.

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

$10,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$617 to $8,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,631 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,220Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $490 to $9,120
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $4,365

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
$588.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,549.93
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$6,918.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
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
$223.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 21st of 51

$10,391

$4,365 physician + $6,026 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.