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Vertebroplasty, Lower Back

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 22521

Injection of bone cement through a needle into a collapsed bone in the lower back to stabilize it and relieve the pain of the fracture. It is done through the skin with imaging guidance rather than through an open incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vertebroplasty, Lower Back cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,090 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,090$1,259 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,074 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $9,333Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,120
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $3,090

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 691.8 times more in New York than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 35

$3,715

NY $20,893SC $30.20

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.