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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 July 2026.

How much does Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back cost?

$11,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,965 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$977$490 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,965$4,786 to $19,498

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $537 to $25,704Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $9,120
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,965professional $977

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
$512.86
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,120.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$37,153.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$30,199.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 16th of 50

$11,942

$977 physician + $10,965 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.