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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Kentucky 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?

$5,056

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,056 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$589$501 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,380 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $631 to $12,023Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,511
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $589

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
$407.38
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$5,056

$589 physician + $4,467 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.