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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Minnesota 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?

$11,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$5,623$977 to $12,589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,884 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $457 to $19,498Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $708 to $17,783
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $5,623

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
$457.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$22,908.68
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$20,417.38
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$11,247

$5,623 physician + $5,623 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.