Editing Vertebral augmentation (section)

===Cost===
The cost of vertebroplasty in Europe as of 2010 was ~2,500 Euro.<ref name=Mon2012/> As of 2010 in the United States, when done as an outpatient, vertebroplasty costs around US$3300 while kyphoplasty costs around US$8100 and when done as an inpatient vertebroplasty cost ~US$11,000 and kyphoplasty US$16,000.<ref name=Mehio2011>{{cite journal|last=Mehio|first=AK|author2=Lerner, JH |author3=Engelhart, LM |author4=Kozma, CM |author5=Slaton, TL |author6=Edwards, NC |author7= Lawler, GJ |title=Comparative hospital economics and patient presentation: vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fracture.|journal=AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology|date=August 2011|volume=32|issue=7|pages=1290–4|pmid=21546460|doi=10.3174/ajnr.A2502|pmc=7966060|doi-access=free}}</ref> The cost difference is due to kyphoplasty being an in-patient procedure while vertebroplasty is outpatient, and due to the [[Balloon catheter|balloons]] used in the kyphoplasty procedure.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cloft|first1=HJ|last2=Jensen|first2=ME|title=Kyphoplasty: an assessment of a new technology.|journal=AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology|date=February 2007|volume=28|issue=2|pages=200–3|pmid=17296979|pmc=7977394 }}</ref> Medicare in 2011 spent about US$1 billion on the procedures.<ref name=NYT2011/> A 2013 study found that "the average adjusted costs for vertebroplasty patients within the first quarter and the first 2 years postsurgery were $14,585 and $44,496, respectively. The corresponding average adjusted costs for kyphoplasty patients were $15,117 and $41,339. There were no significant differences in adjusted costs in the first 9 months postsurgery, but kyphoplasty patients were associated with significantly lower adjusted treatment costs by 6.8–7.9% in the remaining periods through two years postsurgery."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ong|first1=KL|last2=Lau|first2=E|last3=Kemner|first3=JE|last4=Kurtz|first4=SM|title=Two-year cost comparison of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures: are initial surgical costs misleading?|journal=Osteoporosis International|date=April 2013|volume=24|issue=4|pages=1437–45|pmid=22872070|doi=10.1007/s00198-012-2100-0|s2cid=22020223}}</ref>