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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Tennessee 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?

$9,278

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$5,012$603 to $8,511
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,512 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,120Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $457 to $15,136
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $4,266professional $5,012

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,128.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
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
$213.80
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$9,278

$5,012 physician + $4,266 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.