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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Louisiana 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?

$7,833

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,833 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$603 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,905 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,965Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $4,365

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
$891.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 50

$7,833

$4,365 physician + $3,467 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.