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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

New Jersey 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?

$10,776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,467$501 to $7,244
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,981 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,303Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,511
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $4,467

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
$524.81
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,120.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
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
$263.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 19th of 51

$10,776

$4,467 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.