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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Maine 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?

$3,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$813$603 to $8,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,138 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,511Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,333
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$10,471.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,128.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,220.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,888.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$4,265.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,698.24
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$6,309.57
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$1,288.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$851.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where Maine 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

Maine· 50th of 51

$3,567

$813 physician + $2,754 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.