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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

South Carolina 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?

$12,289

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$5,370$724 to $6,918
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,169 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $33,113Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $537 to $9,550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $6,918professional $5,370

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
$537.03
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$35,481.34
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78
7 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
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 9th of 51

$12,289

$5,370 physician + $6,918 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.