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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Massachusetts 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?

$5,581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$603 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$692 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $479 to $14,454
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $2,630

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$39,810.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$15,135.61
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,748.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$19,054.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 50

$5,581

$2,630 physician + $2,951 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.