go back

Bone Cement Injection, Additional Spinal Vertebra

South Dakota 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?

$4,803

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,803 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$389 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$355 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $209 to $7,413
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,291professional $2,512

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
$218.78
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$6,309.57
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$31,622.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where South Dakota 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 feeSouth Dakota $4,803 · 23rd 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.