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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

Virginia 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?

$7,820

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$490 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$2,455 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $589 to $18,197Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $9,120
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $575

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
$588.84
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,882.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
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
$245.47
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 34th of 51

$7,820

$575 physician + $7,244 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.