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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Indiana 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?

$9,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$617$501 to $5,623
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$4,266 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $28,840Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $617

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
$630.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$33,113.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
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
$218.78
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 28th of 51

$9,326

$617 physician + $8,710 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.