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Bone Cement Injection Into A Mid-Back Vertebra

Iowa rates for HCPCS 22520

Bone cement is injected through a needle into a collapsed spinal bone in the part of the back that carries the ribs. The cement hardens inside the bone, stabilizing the fracture and relieving pain. It is done through the skin under X-ray guidance rather than through an open incision, and covers one spinal bone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bone Cement Injection Into A Mid-Back Vertebra cost?

$4,169

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $6,310.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,370Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,965
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $4,169

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 182.0 times more in Tennessee than in Washington. 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.

Iowa· 13th of 35

$4,169

TN $10,965WA $60.26

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.