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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 October 2026.

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

$6,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 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$871$741 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$741 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $724 to $10,715Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,471
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $871

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,709.64
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$10,715.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Montana 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

Montana· 39th of 51

$6,625

$871 physician + $5,754 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.