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Bone Cement Injection, Additional Spinal Vertebra

New Jersey 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?

$7,589

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$2,692$229 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,162 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $204 to $6,918
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,898professional $2,692

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
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,000.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Minnesota than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Jersey $7,589 · 4th of 50
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.