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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 July 2026.

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

$6,896

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,896 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$562 to $7,762
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,399 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $447 to $10,471
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $2,630

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$20,892.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52,480.75
Median
$52,480.75
Typical High
$52,480.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 44th of 50

$6,896

$2,630 physician + $4,266 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.