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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Missouri 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?

$5,436

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,436 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$501 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,344 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $955 to $12,303Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $447 to $20,893
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $759

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
$707.95
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,309.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$18,620.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 44th of 51

$5,436

$759 physician + $4,677 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.