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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Maryland 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?

$4,707

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,707 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$1,318$490 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$468 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $245 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,318

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
$245.47
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 50

$4,707

$1,318 physician + $3,388 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.