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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

North Carolina 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?

$11,384

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$5,888$977 to $12,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,548 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,220Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $617 to $16,596
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $5,888

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
$467.74
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
7 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
$229.09
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$11,384

$5,888 physician + $5,495 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.