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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Michigan 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?

$11,643

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,643 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,754 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$5,754$631 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$5,248 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $15,136Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,333
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $5,754

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
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$18,197.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,120.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,332.54
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
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$724.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 14th of 51

$11,643

$5,754 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.