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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

North Dakota 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?

$11,659

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,659 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,761 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,761$912 to $12,303
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$479 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761Professionalmedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $661 to $14,454
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $6,761

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
$478.63
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
8 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
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$676.08

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 12th of 51

$11,659

$6,761 physician + $4,898 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.