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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 October 2026.

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

$7,601

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,601 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$4,365$646 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$513 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,888Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $457 to $13,490
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,365

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$17,782.79
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33,884.42
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$3,801.89
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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where West 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

West Virginia· 35th of 51

$7,601

$4,365 physician + $3,236 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.