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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

New Mexico 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?

$11,880

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,880 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$4,467$661 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,631 to $29,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $708 to $42,658Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,715
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $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
$478.63
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$52,480.75
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,715.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 11th of 51

$11,880

$4,467 physician + $7,413 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.