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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Montana 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?

$13,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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$5,248$661 to $8,913
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$813 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,023Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,128professional $5,248

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,748.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Montana 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

Montana· 11th of 50

$13,376

$5,248 physician + $8,128 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.