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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Nebraska 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?

$10,640

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,640 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$851 to $10,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$6,607 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $933 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $447 to $18,197
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $2,512

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$25,703.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$20,892.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 27th of 50

$10,640

$2,512 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.