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Bone Cement Injection, Additional Spinal Vertebra

Massachusetts 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?

$3,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,399$275 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$295 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,467Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $214 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $2,399

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
$794.33
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$8,317.64
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$19,498.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Minnesota than in Wyoming. 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

Massachusetts· 35th of 50

$3,717

$2,399 physician + $1,318 facility

MN $10,714WY $1,036

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.