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Balloon-Assisted Spine Bone Repair, Lower Back

West 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 July 2026.

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

$18,030

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,982 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$1,047$525 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,982$5,370 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,982 · 10th to 90th $468 to $28,184Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $468 to $7,586
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $16,982professional $1,047

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
$467.74
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$28,183.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$28,840.32
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$33,884.42
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 3rd of 50

$18,030

$1,047 physician + $16,982 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.