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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

New Hampshire 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?

$7,265

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,265 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$955$661 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,090 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $13,490Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $468 to $11,749
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$13,803.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$14,125.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
6 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
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 36th of 51

$7,265

$955 physician + $6,310 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.