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Bone Cement Injection, Additional Spinal Vertebra

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 22515

This is a minimally invasive procedure that injects a small amount of bone cement into an additional fractured vertebra in the thoracic or lumbar spine, stabilizing the bone and relieving pain. It is billed in addition to the main procedure when cement is injected into more than one vertebra in the same session, and is often used for fractures caused by weakened, osteoporotic bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Cement Injection, Additional Spinal Vertebra cost?

$1,175

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $275 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $275 to $4,898Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,370
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $2,291

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
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in New York than in Indiana. 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.

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$1,175

NY $3,715IN $457

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.