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Procedure price report · Other fracture and dislocation procedure

Bone cement injection for broken vertebra, neck or mid-back

CPT 22510the billing code this page is about

Needle injection of bone cement into one fractured vertebra in the neck or upper back through the skin, including the imaging guidance used; covers one vertebral body.

Hospitals typically charge $4,401 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,536 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,723. Most fall between $2,345 and $8,245 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,536
States
50
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,536 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,465$2,870$4,401$7,313$10,847

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,465 vs $10,847).

How the prices are spread

$879 – $1,164: 21 hospitals$879$1,164 – $1,542: 70 hospitals$1,542 – $2,043: 67 hospitals$1,542$2,043 – $2,705: 124 hospitals$2,705 – $3,583: 179 hospitals$2,705$3,583 – $4,746: 306 hospitals$4,746 – $6,287: 230 hospitals$4,746$6,287 – $8,327: 163 hospitals$8,327 – $11,030: 153 hospitals$8,327$11,030 – $14,609: 71 hospitals$11,030median $4,401price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,384 of 1,536 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$879$1,16421
$1,164$1,54270
$1,542$2,04367
$2,043$2,705124
$2,705$3,583179
$3,583$4,746306
$4,746$6,287230
$6,287$8,327163
$8,327$11,030153
$11,030$14,60971

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,343
Median cash price$4,401
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.32×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,401.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,249 across 39 hospitalsWA$4,249Idaho: median $6,877 across 15 hospitalsID$6,877Montana: median $3,580 across 10 hospitalsMT$3,580North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,760 across 33 hospitalsMN$4,760Illinois: median $5,650 across 64 hospitalsIL$5,650Wisconsin: median $5,089 across 53 hospitalsWI$5,089Michigan: median $3,600 across 58 hospitalsMI$3,600New York: median $3,840 across 43 hospitalsNY$3,840Massachusetts: median $4,565 across 24 hospitalsMA$4,565Oregon: median $5,459 across 32 hospitalsOR$5,459Nevada: median $4,241 across 11 hospitalsNV$4,241Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,663 across 26 hospitalsIA$3,663Indiana: median $3,444 across 47 hospitalsIN$3,444Ohio: median $5,962 across 94 hospitalsOH$5,962Pennsylvania: median $4,091 across 63 hospitalsPA$4,091New Jersey: median $4,500 across 47 hospitalsNJ$4,500Connecticut: median $4,452 across 10 hospitalsCT$4,452Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,559 across 130 hospitalsCA$6,559Utah: median $7,313 across 23 hospitalsUT$7,313Colorado: median $5,186 across 32 hospitalsCO$5,186Nebraska: median $3,044 across 26 hospitalsNE$3,044Missouri: median $3,582 across 39 hospitalsMO$3,582Kentucky: median $13,028 across 17 hospitalsKY$13,028West Virginia: median $3,643 across 19 hospitalsWV$3,643Virginia: median $4,028 across 31 hospitalsVA$4,028Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,522 across 28 hospitalsAZ$2,522New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,076 across 18 hospitalsKS$3,076Arkansas: median $3,108 across 10 hospitalsAR$3,108Tennessee: median $1,465 across 25 hospitalsTN$1,465North Carolina: median $2,582 across 35 hospitalsNC$2,582South Carolina: median $4,223 across 28 hospitalsSC$4,223Oklahoma: median $2,345 across 31 hospitalsOK$2,345Louisiana: median $3,048 across 22 hospitalsLA$3,048Mississippi: median $1,593 across 20 hospitalsMS$1,593Alabama: median $4,261 across 18 hospitalsAL$4,261Georgia: median $5,972 across 49 hospitalsGA$5,972Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,562 across 131 hospitalsTX$4,562Florida: median $4,506 across 70 hospitalsFL$4,506
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,401. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY17$13,028+196%$3,253 – $52,808
Utah UT23$7,313+66%$7,313 – $8,603
Idaho ID15$6,877+56%$4,953 – $8,372
California CA130$6,559+49%$4,234 – $11,626
Georgia GA49$5,972+36%$3,456 – $12,164
Ohio OH94$5,962+35%$3,553 – $9,701
Illinois IL64$5,650+28%$1,875 – $8,245
Oregon OR32$5,459+24%$3,968 – $7,938
Colorado CO32$5,186+18%$3,191 – $8,231
Wisconsin WI53$5,089+16%$3,380 – $8,621
Minnesota MN33$4,760+8%$3,443 – $10,847
Massachusetts MA24$4,565+4%$2,815 – $9,576
Texas TX131$4,562+4%$2,189 – $5,850
Florida FL70$4,506+2%$2,498 – $8,744
New Jersey NJ47$4,500+2%$3,591 – $6,839
Connecticut CT10$4,452+1%$3,458 – $6,726
Alabama AL18$4,261−3%$2,302 – $6,092
Washington WA39$4,249−3%$2,255 – $7,440
Nevada NV11$4,241−4%$3,366 – $7,544
South Carolina SC28$4,223−4%$3,856 – $5,546
Pennsylvania PA63$4,091−7%$1,876 – $6,364
Virginia VA31$4,028−8%$2,986 – $4,849
New York NY43$3,840−13%$2,464 – $5,468
Iowa IA26$3,663−17%$2,166 – $4,867
West Virginia WV19$3,643−17%$3,134 – $4,193
Michigan MI58$3,600−18%$539 – $8,621
Missouri MO39$3,582−19%$2,884 – $7,629
Montana MT10$3,580−19%$641 – $4,290
Indiana IN47$3,444−22%$2,319 – $6,901
Arkansas AR10$3,108−29%$1,177 – $3,873
Kansas KS18$3,076−30%$1,858 – $7,629
Louisiana LA22$3,048−31%$1,953 – $6,498
Nebraska NE26$3,044−31%$1,985 – $4,481
North Carolina NC35$2,582−41%$1,816 – $3,820
Arizona AZ28$2,522−43%$1,639 – $13,943
Oklahoma OK31$2,345−47%$2,319 – $4,401
Mississippi MS20$1,593−64%$938 – $2,809
Tennessee TN25$1,465−67%$1,282 – $2,117
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,401.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,340$4,461$2,560 – $8,372
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access171$3,795$1,890 – $7,313
Ownership
For-profit148$4,953$2,800 – $12,164
Government194$3,663$1,907 – $6,517
Non-profit1,186$4,461$2,556 – $8,231
System affiliation
Part of a system1,353$4,453$2,528 – $8,372
Independent183$4,097$1,899 – $7,544

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,163
Median cash price$4,401
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,178 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,824 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,208; most fall between $2,593 and $8,621.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,178 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,676$3,120$4,824$7,983$10,847

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,676 vs $10,847).

Of the 1,257 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,178 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,536 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,646 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,536
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here50
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,646

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other fracture and dislocation procedure family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Perq Vertebroplasty Uni/Bi Injx Cervicothoracic.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bone cement injection for broken vertebra, neck or mid-back (CPT 22510) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-22510-bone-cement-injection-for-broken-vertebra-neck-or-mid-back