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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 July 2026.

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

$10,541

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,541 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,786 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$4,786$603 to $7,079
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$4,074 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $631 to $11,749Professionalmedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,913
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $4,786

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
$630.96
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$9,332.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$18,197.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 50

$10,541

$4,786 physician + $5,754 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.