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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 October 2026.

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

$9,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,715$631 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,715 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,303Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,913
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $3,715

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
$645.65
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$9,604

$3,715 physician + $5,888 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.